Scripture Reading(s) 1 Timothy 2:1-7 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2:2 for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. 2:3 This is right and is acceptable in … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 113 113:1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time on and forevermore. 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised. 113:4 The … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Amos 8:4-7 8:4 Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, 8:5 saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah small and … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 79:1-9 79:1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 79:2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth. … Read more
That morning, something kept whispering ‘you are going to die. You are going to die’ into my ear. No, it wasn’t my imagination—it was some sort of—I don’t even know. Surprisingly, rather than shooing the sinister voice into slinking away, I listened in surprised. Will I die today? I have not yet fulfilled my purpose. I am … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 8:18 My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. 8:19 Hark, the cry of my poor people from far and wide in the land: “Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” (“Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with … Read more