SCRIPTURE: Psalm 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you,…
who is good?
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. [Luke 18:18-19] I have often wondered why Jesus responded to this seeker in this way. After all, the…
as goes the mouth…
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name! [John 12:27-28] Jesus’ soul is troubled, what does He say? David’s soul is troubled, what…
the father of lies
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is…
passionate love and hatred?
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my…
I’m greater than Moses?
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. [Matthew 11:11]. Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,…
everlasting arms
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. [John 10:28-29] Do you think of God as over you, around you,…
willing?
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I will not be afraid!
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then Jesus told them, This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ [Matthew 26:31] Both Jesus and Moses are looking ahead to when their followers will fall away. This must have…
the way back to life
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ [John 14:6]. God’s forgiveness comes at a price, a price that He pays. He absorbs our sin and our guilt for us. In this way, the link between us, broken by us,…