Wilderness Wanderings
1,018 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago -A daily Christian devotional for the wandering journey of the Christian life. New devotionals every weekday, created by the pastors of Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton: Anthony Elenbaas and Michael Bootsma.
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Your Being Watched
April 24, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes - 3.95 MBAnd do everything you can to live a quiet life. You should mind your own business. And work with your hands, just as we told you to. Then unbelievers will have respect for your everyday life. And you won’t have to depend on anyone (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12). Yesterday’s text encouraged the church to grow in the discipline of love. Christian charity always includes practical stuff like providing meals and offering transportation. Paul recognizes that this practice could be taken advantage ...
More and More
April 23, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MBNow about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more… (1 Thessalonians 4:9-10) There is a similar pattern here to what Paul said about sexuality in yesterday’s devotion. It goes something like this: “you already do this in response to the teaching you have received—now do so more and m...
Pursue Holiness
April 22, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.42 MBAs for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans...
Sunday Sermon - Law & Reconciliation
April 21, 2024 16:07 - 31 minutes - 34.8 MBAn extended Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings! The texts come from Matthew 5:17-26, from the New International Version of the Bible. Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection! To see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from, find it here on YouTube. Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca DIVE IN QUESTIONS 1. What stands out to you from hearing these verse...
May God Do It
April 19, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MBNow may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13) Paul more often does this: pauses to pray in the middle of a letter marking a pivot between what came bef...
Praise the Lord!
April 18, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.13 MBOur text is 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 But Timothy has come to us from you just now. He has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have happy memories of us. He has also said that you desire to see us, just as we desire to see you. Brothers and sisters, in all our trouble and suffering your faith encouraged us. Now we really live because you are standing firm in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you? We thank God because of all the joy we have in ...
Gathered or Scattered?
April 17, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.32 MBBut, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan blocked our way. For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? Indeed, you are our glory and joy. So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it...
More Thanksgiving
April 16, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.21 MBAnd we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease...
Authority or Relationship?
April 15, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 6.18 MBWe were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden...
The Son Shines
April 14, 2024 15:45 - 24 minutes - 25.5 MBA Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings! The text of Matthew 5:13-16. Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection! To see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from, find it here on YouTube. Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca 1. What statement of fact does Jesus make in our text? Does he qualify it? 2. Fill in the blanks: As salt exists for _______, so disci...
Ministry Evaluation
April 12, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.3 MBOur text is 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition. For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not tryin...
Put us out of a job!
April 11, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.03 MBYou became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to se...
Show and Tell
April 10, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.48 MBOur text is 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message amid severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. Recall how the old English translations of Matthew’s gospel began, “Abraham begat Isaa...
Faith, Love, & Hope
April 09, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.64 MBWe always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 1:2-3) John Calvin somewhat famously (at least among geeky theological circles) suggested that 1 Thessalonians 1:3 is “a brief definition of true Christianity.” This is because it contains that triad of faith, love, and hope—albeit in a di...
Like Fish in the Sea
April 08, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBOur text is 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silas, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. We trust you have been blessed by scripture during this season of Lent and Easter. Today, we return to our traditional Wilderness Wanderings format, with short reflections on scripture, this time working our way through the first letter to the Thessalonian church. Paul modelled his letter writing after the common formats o...
Sunday Sermon - The Way of Discipleship: Blessings
April 07, 2024 23:58 - 31 minutes - 32 MBAn extended Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings! The texts come from Matthew 5:1-12, from the New International Version of the Bible. Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection! To see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from, find it here on YouTube. Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca DIVE IN QUESTIONS 1. What stands out to you from hearing these verses? Is G...
Easter Friday
April 05, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 6.29 MBPsalm 115:1,15-18 Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. … May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind. It is not the dead who praise the Lord, those who go down to the place of silence; it is we who extol the Lord, both now and forevermore. Praise the Lord. Exodus 14:10-14 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there w...
Easter Thursday 2024
April 04, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 5.09 MBScriptures for this Tuesday after Easter 2024. Psalm 114 When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion. The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back; the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan, did you turn back? Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs? Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob...
Easter Wednesday
April 03, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.42 MBPsalm 113:1-3, 7-8 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord. Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people. Exodus 12:31-36, 41-42 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my peo...
Easter Tuesday
April 02, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5 MBPsalm 112:1-5 Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous. Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. Exod...
Easter Monday
April 01, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 6.41 MBFor this first week of Easter we are continuing with the format of listening to scripture that we used through the season of Lent in order to give a good sweep of some of the resonate meaning of Jesus’ Resurrection and Redemption. So, listen in again today for what the Spirit might be saying to you today through this Good Word of Easter hope! Psalm 111:1-2, 9-10 Praise the Lord. I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. Great are the works...
After Death, Life
March 31, 2024 15:35 - 32 minutes - 35.3 MBA Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings! The text of Isaiah 53:10-12 & Luke 24:1-12 & 45-49.
Holy Week 2024 -- Thursday
March 28, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 6.79 MBScriptures for this Thursday of Holy Week 2024. Psalm 39:6-12 Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. When you rebu...
Holy Week -- Wednesday
March 27, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MBPsalm 88:15-18 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. You have taken from me friend and neighbor—darkness is my closest friend. Isaiah 63:2-6 Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress? “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I tr...
Holy Week 2024 -- Tuesday
March 26, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.44 MBThese are the scriptures selected for Tuesday of Holy Week 2024 Psalm 55:16-19 As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning, and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change—he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God. Lamentations 3:40-51 Let us examine our ways and test them and let u...
Holy Week -- Monday
March 25, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 5.41 MBPsalm 25:1-3 In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause. Lamentations 2:13-15 What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? The visions of your proph...
Sunday Sermon - The Servant Comes
March 24, 2024 16:29A text edition of our Sunday Sermon: unfortunately we weren't able to capture the audio just yet, but you can still see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from on YouTube at this link. The texts come from Luke 19:28-44, from the New International Version of the Bible. Dive In discussion questions are still below for further reflection! Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca DIVE IN QUESTIONS ...
Lent Week 6 -- Friday
March 22, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 6.02 MBPsalm 22:1-5 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Exodus 10:21-25, 27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch...
Lent Week 6 -- Thursday
March 21, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 7.07 MBPsalm 125:1-2 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore. Exodus 9:13-16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against y...
Lent Week 6 -- Wednesday
March 20, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.4 MBPsalm 55:9, 12-14 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. …If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. Exodus 9:1-7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the He...
Lent Week 6 -- Tuesday
March 19, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 6.05 MBPsalm 25:4-7 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good. Exodus 8:16-19 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land o...
Lent Week 6 -- Monday
March 18, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 4.24 MBReflect on these scriptures, allowing the Spirit to speak to your heart. Psalm 73:1-3, 13-14, 16-17 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments. When I tried to understand ...
Do you Believe this?
March 17, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBA Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings! The text of John 12:37-50. Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection! To see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from, find it here on YouTube. Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca: What is the paradox that John is wrestling with? Which people does this paradox concern itself with? What seems to be the usual response to God’s a...
Lent Week 5 -- Friday
March 15, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 3.86 MBReflect on these scriptures, allowing the Spirit to speak to your heart. Psalm 102:1-3, 12-13 Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the...
Lent Week 5 -- Thursday
March 14, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MBReflect on these scriptures, allowing the Spirit to speak to your heart. Psalm 86:1-5 Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you. You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. Exodus 4:27-5:5 The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the...
Lent Week 5 -- Wednesday
March 13, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 3.34 MBYou are invited to reflect on these scriptures, allowing the Spirit to speak to your heart. Psalm 63:1-5 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied...
Lent Week 5 -- Tuesday
March 12, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 3.83 MBYou are invited to reflect on these scriptures, allowing the Spirit to speak to your heart. Psalm 54 Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might. Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me—people without regard for God. Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them. I will sacrifice a freewill offering...
Lent Week 5 -- Monday
March 11, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes - 6.13 MBPsalm 70 Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, Lord, to help me. May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!” But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; Lord, do not...
God's Suffering Servants
March 10, 2024 15:57 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBA Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings! The text of Isaiah 52:13-53:12. Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection! To see this sermon in the context of the worship service it comes from, find it here on YouTube. Or, head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca Why does God speak before and after this poem on the suffering servant? How does the servant serve God? Take time this week to mediate on Jes...
Lent Week 4 -- Friday
March 08, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.68 MBOn this day of Lent, we invite you to reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today? Psalm 22:1-5 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. To you they cried out and we...
Lent Week 4 -- Thursday
March 07, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes - 6.94 MBPsalm 56:1-4 Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack. My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Jeremiah 14:19-22 Have you rejected Judah completely? Do you despise Zion? Why have you afflicted us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace but no good has co...
Lent Week 4 -- Wednesday
March 06, 2024 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.27 MBOn this day of Lent, we invite you to reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today? Psalm 38:1-4, 21-22 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. ...
Lent -- Week 4 -- Wednesday
March 06, 2024 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.27 MBOn this day of Lent, we invite you to reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today? Psalm 38:1-4, 21-22 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. ...
Lent Week 4 -- Tuesday
March 05, 2024 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.93 MBPsalm 6:1-6a Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave? I am worn out from my groaning. Jeremiah 12:1-6 (Jeremiah’s complaint:) “You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case befor...
Lent Week 4 -- Monday
March 04, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBOn this day of Lent, we invite you to reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today? Psalm 5:1-7 Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who ...
Sunday Sermon - Servant Song 3 - No Audio
March 03, 2024 17:22This would be an extended Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings, but our audio feed didn't work this Sunday. So: if you'd like to listen to this sermon from Isaiah 50:4-11, you'll need to go directly to the YouTube video of the service at this link (which is cued up to the begin at the scripture reading). Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection! You can also head to our website to connect with the worshiping community of Immanuel CRC: immanuelministries.ca...
Lent Week 3 -- Friday
March 01, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.41 MBPsalm 40:1-3, 6-8 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him. Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—but my ears you have opened—burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is wr...
Lent Week 3 -- Thursday
February 29, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes - 7.09 MBOn this day of Lent, we invite you to reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today? Psalm 34:1-8 I will always extol the Lord; his praise will always be on my lips. I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and th...
Lent Week 3 -- Wednesday
February 28, 2024 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.35 MBPsalm 35:4, 22-24 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay. … LORD, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord. Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord. Vindicate me in your righteousness, LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me. Jeremiah 9:3-6 “They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin t...
Lent Week 3 -- Tuesday
February 27, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.89 MBOn this day of Lent, we invite you to reflect on these scriptures. What is the Spirit saying to you today? Psalm 50:1-6 The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: “Gather to me this consecrated people, who...