Today’s Word
The Cure (3)
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, Isaiah 1:16 ESV Remove – How can I remove my evil deeds? Once done, aren’t they a permanent part of my own history? How is it possible to extract them from who I am? Isaiah offers…
The Cure (2)
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, Isaiah 1:16 ESV Clean – God instructs His people to “wash” themselves. He demands ritual purity and the submission that accompanies humility before Him. We might think this is sufficient. If we just worship the Lord…
The Cure (1)
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, Isaiah 1:16 ESV Wash yourselves – In the days of Isaiah the prophet, Israel was an idolatrous nation, filled with disobedience and bound for chastisement. YHWH sent a message to His people, warning them that if…
The Heart of the Matter
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV Lodges – This is not modern psychology. If you went to the therapist to deal with your quick temper or your deepest anger, he would not greet you by remarking that you are a fool. …
Church, Revised
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, . . . Hebrews 10:24-25a ESV To meet together – “Services are conducted with dignity and precision. The rendition of the liturgy is smooth. Everything…
God’s Lottery
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished. Proverbs 28:20 ESV Hastens to be rich – Does God want you to live a productive, satisfying, purposeful life? YES! Does He want you to experience all of the blessing that He has in store for you? YES! …
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