Wednesday, March 28: Psalm 31:9-16
Wednesday, March 28: Psalm 31:9-16 As we embark on another day of Lent, I wonder if we will fail or succeed in making it count. It can be measured when we have reached that wonderful day of Easter, and can look back on the forty days of Lent to see what we have accomplished. Psalm […]
Tuesday, March 27: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Tuesday, March 27: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded O Sacred Head, Now Wounded is a Christian Passion hymn based on a long Latin text written during the Middle Ages. Stanzas address the various parts of Christ’s body hanging on the cross (feet, face, pierced side, knees, hands, breast and heart). Paul Gerhardt translated the full […]
Monday, March 26: Isaiah 50:4-9
Monday, March 26: Isaiah 50:4-9 4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. 5 The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away. […]
Sunday, March 25: Mark 14:1—15:47
Sunday, March 25: Mark 14:1—15:47 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; […]
Saturday, March 24: “Crown Him with Many Crowns”
Saturday, March 24: Crown Him with Many Crowns When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, she became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen of Canada, Granada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Bahamas, etc. for a total of 27 kingdoms. She was crowned using the Imperial Crown that contains jewels representing […]
Friday, March 23: Hebrews 5:5-10
Friday, March 23: Hebrews 5:5-10 With Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection, God created Him to become human: to live on earth, and to feel all that it is to be human. However, he was without sin. In Hebrews 5:5-10, it speaks of Jesus being designated by God as a high priest. The Book of Hebrews […]
Thursday, March 22: “Holy, Holy, Holy”
Thursday, March 22: Holy, Holy, Holy Holy, Holy, Holy is a hymn that helped me, in my grade school years, explain the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in plain words. I had a picture in my young mind of the angels bowing before the throne of God and praising HIM. I have always […]
March 18, 2018: the Fifth Sunday in Lent
Scriptures: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 (Read them online here.)
Wednesday, March 21: Psalm 119:9-16
Wednesday, March 21: Psalm 119:9-16 No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand; Till He returns or calls me home— Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand. From the hymn “In Christ Alone” by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend The word of God is alive, and should […]
Tuesday, March 20: “Gather Us In”
Tuesday, March 20: Gather Us In God calls us all to the light of a new day, to His kingdom, to forgiveness, love, and eternal life. He calls us all “to be light to the whole human race” and “salt for the earth”… not just our inner circle of friends, or our church community, or […]