How May We Please God?
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right…
The King of the Jews
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.2 God chose the Jews not because they were good nor deserved it. They are a people holy (set apart) to…
In God I Trust
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be…
Seek First
What is it that you seek out first and foremost? When you wake what comes to mind? Or who comes to mind? Are your thoughts Everything-Else-Plus-God or God-Period? It is…
Blessing
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.1When Jesus was asked how to pray, he said, Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven…
Our Father
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”1 It is difficult to grasp intellectually God’s holiness—purity, moral excellency, rectitude, honor, truth and righteousness, uncreated and eternal.…
The Parable of the Older Son
The story continues. This time focusing on the older son. It starts with Now . . . ,1 signaling a shift—Jesus exhibits a contrast. Coming in from the field the…
The Parable of the Younger Son
The story begins with Jesus relating a parable of a man who had two sons. He starts with the younger son, who asked the father for his share of the…
Grace in the Wilderness
All throughout Scripture we find the declaration, “Thus says the LORD.” We were fashioned with ears that we may hear; yet, we numb our sense of hearing. As a loving…
Guard Your Heart
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.1 What used to be an impossibility is now possible through the finish work of Jesus…