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Only a Holy God
As we prepare to hear the Word of God read, let us go to prayer. Father, Your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light into our paths. Lord, work in us that we would love Your law, that we would meditate on it all the day. Lord, you and your word are fixed forever firmly in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all the generations. You have established the earth and it…
The Power of the Resurrection
Luke 24, The shadows and darkness of Good Friday gave way through the brightness of Easter morning. The grave could not hold him. Death has been swallowed up in victory. He is risen indeed. If you join me in prayer for the reading of God’s Word. Father of all mercies, in your Word endless glory shine forth. And we ask that you would reveal to us this day by the…
These Things They Did Not Understand
John 12. Today, of course, this Palm Sunday is the beginning of passion week, celebration of Jesus coming to Jerusalem according to prophetic proclamation. So look to the reading of God’s Word if you join me in prayer. Heavenly fathers, we meet now in your presence. We ask you to open our ears to hear your voice, to open our hearts to love you more and more, to open…
The Demands of Our God Bring Life
Conselor Christ has sent, lead us in the path of your commandments and in the ancient way of your will. Through Christ Jesus, our Savior, we pray, Amen. Selection from numbers 15, this is the word of the Lord. The Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, when you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, and you offer…
The Lament of God
God’s Word. Book of numbers 13 and 14. From Egypt now, through the wilderness, through the very southern edge of the promised land, Israel sits, as it were, like a rocket on the launchpad. You can hear the familiar words, at least in our movies. Houston, we have primary ignition and the rockets are roaring. The smoke and the steam are billowing out and that rocket…
Sibling Rivalry
Numbers 12, the grumbling and complaining of the crowds in the people of Israel have given way to now the leadership grumbling and complaining as well. As we look to the reading of God’s Word, you would join me in prayer. Christ our God, we ask you to set our hearts on fire with love through your Word, that in its flame we may love you with all of our hearts, with…
Grumblings
Numbers 11. I had grand intentions of covering Chapter 12, but next week. N umbers 11, we’ve so far come to some smooth sailing for israel, and now we hit some turbulent seas ahead of us in the response to what God is doing. As we look to the reading of God’s Word, if you’d please join me in prayer. Father of all mercy, in Your Word endless glory shine…
Follow Me
As we prepare to read the word of God, let’s go before him in prayer. Father, the desire that our hearts would be warmed, our affections would be changed such that we would pray even as the Psalmist prays. Remember your word to your servant in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort and my affliction that your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly…
Only a Holy God
Before we do that, let’s go to him in prayer. Father, we come before your throne and before your word, a distracted people. We are distracted by many things, the busyness of the week that has passed and all that we feel we have left undone. We’re distracted by the events of the week to come, things we anticipate and perhaps things we dread. And many of us are…
Set Apart for Blessing
Number six, begins with another curiosity for modern readers, the Nazareth vow. How does this fit into the flow of numbers? Then Chapter 6 ends with a very familiar blessing to us, the blessing of Aaron. As we look through the reading of God’s Word, though, if you’d please join me in prayer. Our Father, Majesty and Bounded, worthy of all worship, and you,…