Protection – Psalm 121
A text – Psalm 121 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where will my help come?2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.4 He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your…
A Long Story – Genesis 12:1-4
A text – Genesis 12:1-4 12 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those…
A Job in the Kingdom – John 3:1-17
A text – John 3:1-17 3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.” 3 Jesus answered…
Straying or Holding the Path – Psalm 32
A text – Psalm 32 1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.2 Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my…
Not Following Instructions – Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7
A text – Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the…
Tests – Matthew 4:1-11
A text – Matthew 4:1-11 4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he…
What Does God Want? Psalm 2
A text – Psalm 2 1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying,3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.5 Then…
Eye-Witness Testimony – 1 Peter 1:16-21
A text – 2 Peter 1:16-21 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the…
Listen to Him – Matthew 17:1-9
A text – Matthew 17:1-9 17 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light. 3 Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking…
The Result of Reverence – Psalm 112
A text – Psalm 112 1 Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.3 Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.4 They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;…
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