There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me. I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ [Jonah 2:3-4]…
Author: Norm
no place to hide (2)
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa,…
no place to hide
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 139 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my…
the lofty one cares
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 138 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar. [Psalm 138:6] The leader of my country does not know my name; those that are under him do not know me either. Eventually, down the line, there is some…
singing despite
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 137 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” [Psalm 137:1-3]…
the song that never ends
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 136 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever. [Psalm 136:26] This psalm is a responsive reading, designed to be used when believers gather. It makes for a great “thanksgiving litany”, and a good pattern to follow when family or friends gather for thanksgiving. The…
reasons to praise Him
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 135 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. [Psalm 135:3] All you Israelites, praise the LORD; house of Aaron, praise the LORD; house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD. [Psalm 135:19-20] Who should…
night shift
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 134 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. [Psalm 134:1] As I see it, the night is for sleeping. And normally that is what I want to do through the night, though lately my sleep is…
agents of peace and unity
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 133 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity … For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore. [Psalm 133:1,3] It really is good and pleasant when God’s people live together in unity. And the opposite is also true – it…
what God wants… and I want it too!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 132 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it. I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with…