Scripture Readings: Psalm 150, Job 16-18, Luke 23:13-43 Reflection Verse: Luke 23:41 Reflection: The man on the cross beside Jesus recognized that he was getting what he deserved, while Jesus was being punished without cause. Jesus had committed no wrong to warrant the kind of treatment He received. The man believed in Jesus and because…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 149, Job 14-15, Luke 22:54-Luke 23:12 Reflection Verse: Luke 22:57 Reflection: Fear of what man may do is what made Peter deny Jesus. There are times in our lives when our faith puts us at odds with the people of the world. Our faith could cost us our jobs, our friends, the…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 148, Job 12-13, Luke 22:31-53 Reflection Verses: Luke 22:31-32 Reflection: There is a battle going on behind the scenes for each of us as Christians. The devil desires to use us and ultimately to have us. But thank God for Jesus Who has interceded for us and continues to do so. Jesus…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 147:12-20, Job 10-11, Luke 22:1-30 Reflection Verse: Luke 22:7 Reflection: In today’s text, it is the day that the Passover Lamb had to be killed. The day had come for the Prophetic Word to become reality. The moment in time had come when Jesus, in His role as the Passover Lamb would…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 147:1-11, Job 8-9, Luke 21:5-38 Reflection Verse: Luke 21:37 Reflection: Jesus had a balanced routine. He taught in the temple during the day and He spent the night resting on Olivet. Jesus worked His assigned task during the day, or rather, Jesus did what He was sent to do. Then at night…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 146, Job 6-7, Luke 20:20-21:4 Reflection Verse: Luke 20:25 Reflection: Beloved, when The Lord is first and foremost in our lives, everything else takes its proper place. God has an order for how we are to live our lives. Nothing should take more authority than God, yet other things are still an…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 145:8-21, Job 4-5, Luke 20:1-19 Reflection Verses: Luke 20:7-8 Reflection: The religious leaders were unwilling to answer Jesus because they were afraid of the consequences of their answer. They did not want the people to kill them. Yet they did not want to recognize Jesus’ authority. Thus, they were ensnared in their…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 145:1-7, Job 1-3, Luke 19:28-48 Reflection Verse: Luke 19:42 Reflection: Jesus, the Messiah, and the peace that He brings was right there in front of the people and the leaders, but they could not recognize who Jesus is. As a result, they rejected Jesus and had to suffer the consequences of their…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 144, Esther 9-10, Luke 19:1-27 Reflection Verse: Luke 19:26 -27 Reflection: As citizens of the Kingdom of God, we are to invest in the Kingdom for the work of the Kingdom. If we do not invest in God’s work we lose everything because we are not doing what God has instructed us…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 143, Esther 6-8, Luke 18:15-43 Reflection Verse: Psalm 143:10 Reflection: Except God teach us by His Spirit, we are unable to do God’s will the way that God would have us do it. However, God is so good, so faithful…and God so wants what is best for us that He is willing…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 142, Esther 3-5, Luke 17:20-18:14 Reflection Verse: Luke 18:13 Reflection: Once a person recognizes that they are a sinner, confesses their sin and ask for God’s forgiveness… God will be merciful and forgive that person. I am so thankful that there is a cure for sin – Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. …
Scripture Readings: Psalm 141, Esther 1-2, Luke 17:1-19 Reflection Verse: Luke 17:4 Reflection: It is possible that a person would sin against another seven times during a single day. Most people do not recognize that they are sinning or how they are sinning against others. Sadly, there are not many people in this world who…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 140, Nehemiah 12:27-13, Luke 16 Reflection Verse: Luke 16:31 Reflection: Moses and the prophets spoke of God revealing Himself to the world by coming to the world in the Person of Jesus, long before Jesus came to earth to be our savior. People would not listen to God through those servants of…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 139:13-24, Nehemiah 11:15-12:26, Luke 15:11-32 Reflection Verse: Luke 15:32 Reflection: Beloved, anytime a person comes to Christ or comes back to Christ, repenting of their sins and receiving salvation, it is a joyous occasion and we are to celebrate it. I am so thankful, that even when we stray away, God still…
Scripture Readings: Ps 139:1-12, Nehemiah 10-11:14, Luke 14:25-15:10 Reflection Verses: Luke 14:28-30 Reflection: Beloved, there is a cost to being a disciple of Jesus the Christ. In fact, it costs us everything! Being His disciple means wanting and choosing to follow God through Him. It means relinquishing control of our lives and being completely obedient…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 137, Nehemiah 7:4-73, Luke 13:22-34 Reflection Verse: Psalm 137:4 Reflection: The psalmist is in such despair in his exile that he is unable to sing the songs of Zion in the land of his captors, even when asked to do so. He has no joy about his situation, and he does not…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 136:16-26, Nehemiah 5-7:3, Luke 13:1-21 Reflection Verse: Psalm 136:16 Reflection: God led His people through the wilderness and God’s mercy was to be measured by all the protection extended over them; by all the provision made for their needs; by all that God did to defend them; by all his interposition when…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 136:1-15, Nehemiah 3-4, Luke 12:41-59 Reflection Verses: Psalm 136:2-3 Reflection: Psalm 136 gives thanks and praise to God for His goodness. The fact that God is good is fundamental to all that God is and does. We know that God is love (1 John 4:8 and 4:16), and that love is an…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 135:15-21, Nehemiah 1-2, Luke 12:22-40 Reflection Verses: Psalm 135:19-21 Reflection: These verses are a call to all who love The Lord and who live for God to join with Israel, the priests, and the Levites in praising and honoring God. Beloved, that means you have a right and a responsibility to praise…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 135:1-14, Ezra 10, Luke 12:1-21 Reflection Verses: Psalm 135:1-2 Reflection: To praise The Lord in this Psalm is a call for stirring, passionate praise to God, but not praise that runs only on the fuel of emotion. This psalm gives many reasonable, logical reasons why we should praise the LORD. And certainly,…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 134, Ezra 8-9, Luke 11:37-54 Reflection Verse: Psalm 134:2 Reflection: The lifting of hands was not only the common posture for prayer among the ancient Hebrews; it was also appropriate for praise. It displayed the anticipation of gratefully receiving from God, and the sense of surrender to Him. The whole thought of…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 133, Ezra 6-7, Luke 11:29-36 Reflection Verse: Psalm 133:3 Reflection: King David used a word picture to show how wonderful unity is among the people of God. He said it is like the rich dew that covers Mount Hermon, making it green and moist. Unity among God’s people makes life vibrant and…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 132, Ezra 3-5, Luke 11:1-28 Reflection Verses: Psalm 132:13-14 Reflection: God chose Zion (Jerusalem) to be His resting place forever. It was God’s desire to dwell there. Zion was God’s choice. And as such, God has made every provision necessary for Zion to be His dwelling place forever. In this dispensation, God…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 131, Ezra 2, Luke 10:25-42 Reflection Verse: Psalm 131:2 Reflection: What a graphic picture the psalmist paints of his soul. He is saying that his soul is like a weaned child leaning against its mother in peace and quietness. And just as that child depends on his mother – the psalmist is…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 130, 2 Chronicles 36-Ezra 1, Luke 10:1-24 Reflection Verses: Ezra 1:2-3 Reflection: It is amazing how God set the stage for His Chosen people to return to Jerusalem. Cyrus, the king, made the decree after God gave him a mandate to rebuild Your Temple in Jerusalem. And all this had been prophesied…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 129, 2 Chronicles 34:14-35, Luke 9:28-62 Reflection Verse: 2 Chronicles 34:30 Reflection: King Josiah committed his ways to God and took responsibility as the leader of not only Judah but the remnants of Israel and renewed the Nation’s covenant with God, in the presence of all the people. Josiah took to heart…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 128, 2 Chronicles 32:24-34:13, Luke 9:1-27 Reflection Verses: 2 Chronicles 33:15-16 Reflection: Manasseh’s actions show that he has acknowledged his sin and truly repented before God. It is evident that he has had a dramatic heart change toward God because he reversed all he did to establish the worship of pagan gods,…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 127, 2 Chronicles 30:13-32:23, Luke 8:40-56 Reflection Verse: 2 Chronicles 30:26 Reflection: There was great joy in Israel as the people of God celebrated the Passover which had been neglected for years. In the vernacular of today’s youth, it would be said that they “turned up”. We need to celebrate like that…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 126, 2 Chronicles 29-30:12, Luke 8:22-39 Reflection Verse: Psalm 126:6 Reflection: The sentiment of this Psalm is that he who labors hard, in cold and in rain, in fear and danger, in poverty and in want, casting his precious seed in the ground, will surely come again, at harvest-time, with rejoicing, and…
Scripture Readings: Psalm 124, 2 Chronicles 24-25, Luke 7:30-50 Reflection Verse: Psalm 124:2 Reflection: David thought it necessary that all God’s covenant people recognize that God is their help. It was not enough for he or a few others to do this; it was the duty of all Israel to know and to say that…
