“Lord, you have been our dwelling placein all generations.Before the mountains were brought forth,or ever you had formed the earth and the world,from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” “So teach us to number our daysthat we may get a heart of wisdom.Return, O Lord! How long?Have pity on your servants!Satisfy us in the morning … Continue reading Teach Us to Number Our Days

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses … Continue reading Watch Out for the IF Clauses

“For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. … Continue reading Making it Our Aim to Please God

“Thus says the Lord,who makes a way in the sea,a path in the mighty waters,who brings forth chariot and horse,army and warrior;they lie down, they cannot rise,they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:‘Remember not the former things,nor consider the things of old.Behold, I am doing a new thing;now it springs forth, do you not perceive … Continue reading Are You Burdening God with Your Sins?

Jesus warned his disciples that he was getting ready to leave them and of the kinds of things they would face once he was gone. He told them that they would be put out of the synagogues and that whoever killed them would think he was offering service to God. And they would do these … Continue reading Do You Now Believe?

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red like crimson,they shall become like wool.If you are willing and obedient,you shall eat the good of the land;but if you refuse and rebel,you shall be eaten by the sword;for the mouth of … Continue reading Let Us Be Reasonable

“Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;for the Lord has spoken:‘Children have I reared and brought up,but they have rebelled against me.The ox knows its owner,and the donkey its master's crib,but Israel does not know,my people do not understand.’ “Ah, sinful nation,a people laden with iniquity,offspring of evildoers,children who deal corruptly!They have forsaken the … Continue reading They Have Forsaken the Lord

“Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,but he who pursues evil will die.Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord,but those of blameless ways are his delight.Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished,but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. “Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,but evil comes to him … Continue reading What are You Searching After?

“…and they prepared the Passover. And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, ‘I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’ … Continue reading Treated Like Jesus was Treated