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Good morning! Text: 2 Peter; Isaiah 44 The news seems to always be filled with troubles – political disagreements, wars, …

Good morning! Text:  Nahum; Isaiah 43  Isaiah is a powerful and beautiful text, filled with hope and promise.  We find …

Good morning! Text: 2 Thessalonians; Isaiah 42 These sweet words of blessing touched me as I read 2 Thessalonians today; …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. What sweet blessings are found in Isaiah.  Isaiah 40:3 says; A voice cries: …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Isaiah 40 is amazing and beautiful.  Words of comfort and words of promise …

Good morning! Text:  Micah 6-7; Isaiah 41 Micah concludes his prophecy with words of promise and restoration – after having …

Good morning! Text: Micah 4-5; Isaiah 40 Today’s reading includes a very timely text – Micah 5.  It speaks of …

Good morning! Text:  Micah 1-3; Psalm 150 Psalm 150 puts a beautiful cap on the Book of Psalms, encouraging us …

Good morning! Text: Joel; Psalm 149. Joel is a potent book of prophecy, rich in images and bearing a strong message that the crises …

Good morning! Text: 1 Thessalonians 3-5; Psalm 14 I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving holiday later this week.  …

Good morning! Text:  1 Thessalonians 1-2; Psalm 147 Our life as Christians is not about us.  It is always about …

Good morning! Text:  Daniel 10-12; Psalm 146 Having prayed for insight (Chapter 9), Daniel waits, mourns and fasts for three …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day Daniel opens with the story of how the king of Babylon commanded that some elite young men …

Good morning! Text: Daniel 7-9; Psalm 145 I have been busy lately, and this morning was prompted to ask the …

Good morning! Text: Daniel 4-6; Psalm 144 Thrice in today’s Daniel text the Lord uses his servant Daniel to bring the knowledge …

Good morning! Text:  Daniel 1-3; Psalm 143 When Daniel and his companions are in captivity in Babylon, they distinguish themselves …

Good morning! Text:  John 19-21; Psalm 142 After Jesus’ resurrection, He appears to his disciples.  In John 20:21, He says …

Good morning! Text:  John 16-18; Psalm 141 Today’s text in John includes Jesus’ “great high priestly prayer” for himself, his disciples …

Good morning! Text:  John 13-15; Psalm 140 In these chapters of John, we begin what is called the “upper room …

Good morning! Text:  Today is a reflection day Yesterday we read Psalm 139, a powerful Word telling us that God is deeply …

Good morning! Text:  John 10-12; Psalm 139 What marvelous passages we read today!  In John 10, Jesus uses the metaphor …

Good morning! Text:  John 7-9; Psalm 138 In the midst of a confrontation with religious leaders, many of those hearing Jesus’ words …

Good morning! Text:  John 4-6; Psalm 137 John is a treasure trove of Scripture truth!  There is so much in …

Good morning! Text:  John 1-3; Psalm 136 These opening chapters of John have great personal importance to me.  It was …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 46-48; Psalm 135. As Ezekiel comes to a close we see imagery not unlike the descriptions of the new heaven …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 43-54; Psalm 133-134 Psalm 133 celebrates the unity of God’s people.  It opens with these words: …

Good morning! Text:  Today is a reflection day A few days ago, our reading passed through an important text – …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 39-42; Psalm 132 When we think of the traits of God, we think of majesty, might, …

Good morning! Text: Ezekiel 35-38; Psalm 130-141 A young Christian recording artist, Lauren Daigle, recorded a song entitled “Come Alive.” …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 31-34; Psalm 128-129 In Ezekiel 34, the Lord takes up the matter of poor leadership among …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 27-30; Psalm 127 As I read Psalm 127, I am reminded how incredibly blessed we are …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 24-26; Psalm 125-126 Sometimes as we read Scripture we encounter familiar phrases.  One is in the last verse of …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 20-23; Psalm 123-124 Ezekiel, writing at the onset of the Babylonian captivity, gets very harsh toward …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day.  It is also the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day – a day to go back over recent Bible readings or to get …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Ezekiel 11:19 brings a dramatic promise to God’s people, one that is most …

Good morning! Text: Ezekiel 16-19; Isaiah 39 In Ezekiel 18, the idea is developed that each of us is judged …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 12-15; Isaiah 38 In Isaiah 38 we find some great encouragement.  Hezekiah, the King of Judah, …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 8-11; Isaiah 37 In Ezekiel, we find many compelling (and a few strange) visions.  In Chapter 9, the Lord shows Ezekiel the impending …

Good morning! Text: Ezekiel 5-7; Isaiah 36. In Isaiah 36 the text turns to prose – a historical account of the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians.  …

Good morning! Text:  Ezekiel 1-4; Isaiah 35 The descriptions of the vision of God in the opening chapter of Ezekiel are pretty strange.  He says in verse 1; “…the heavens …

Good morning! Text:  1 Peter 4-5; Isaiah 34 One of the great things about reading through the Scriptures is that it allows us to …

Good morning! Text:  1 Peter 1-3; Isaiah 33. 1 Peter, written to a group of churches in a region coming under increasing …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. As I looked back over recent readings, I checked out the passages of the text that I …

Good morning! Text:  2 John; 3 John; Isaiah 32 The letters of John are brief, but contain precious gems.  3 John …

Good morning! Text:  1 John 4-5; Isaiah 31 In 1 John 4:11 we find these words; “Beloved, if God so loved us, we …

Good morning! Text: 1 John 1-3; Isaiah 30 Years ago, when my wife Lyn and I were brand new Christians, …

Good morning! Text:  Lamentations 3-5; Isaiah 29. When I was in seminary, one of the instructors I had in a counseling course was both a pastor …

Good morning! Text:  Lamentations 1-2; Isaiah 28 In Isaiah 28 we find  repeated words that describe how the Word of God comes into the lives of …

Good morning! Text:  Jeremiah 50-52; Isaiah 27 Jeremiah closes with harsh prophecy about the future of Babylon, followed by the sad tale of Jerusalem’s …