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The Time is Now
(NRSV)Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; During this section of Isaiah, the prophet is speaking to the remnant of Israel, those who have survived the Babylonian captivity, instructing them to forsake their sinfulness and return to God. The call to return to God is …
Seeking God
(NRSV) Psalm 63 Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. 1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So …
A New Day
(NRSV) Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? For the next few devotionals, I intend to focus on how we can strengthen our walk with God. It seems …
Intentional Discipleship
When I was eight years old someone gave us an album by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans titled “Jesus Loves Me.” One of the songs was “The Circuit Riding Preacher” and it included a poem by Edgar Guest. The poem, “Show Me” was revised as follows: The Circuit Riding Preacher said these words one day,I’d …
Standing in the Gap
(NIV)Neh 4: 12 Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.” 13 Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. 14 After …
Seeking Holiness 