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Daily Devotions: February 21, 2018
February 21, 2018 Psalm 22:27-31 … “Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord, and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.” vs. 30-31 There are those who consider that one day the people of the earth will have had enough of God and be done with primitive origin stories. For them, it’s a matter of maturity and once science has revealed all its secrets, humanity will have…
Daily Devotions: February 20, 2018
February 20, 2018 Psalm 22:23-26 “For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me, but heard when I cried to him.” vs. 24 The psalmist is full of thanksgiving as he joins the congregation in their prayers. The Lord has heard his cries and did not abandon him in his affliction. Sometimes when we read words like this we might think, “Well, good for him…but that’s not been my…
Daily Devotions: February 19, 2018
February 19, 2018 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.’” vs. 1 According to Genesis, immediately after the Lord introduced himself, Abram fell on his face—a phrase describing his worship posture that tickles our ears. Think of it! How would we react if asked to be blameless in all of our affairs and doings? It seems almost overwhelming.…
Daily Devotions: February 18, 2018
February 18, 2018 Mark 1:9-15 “He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” vs. 13 Our forty days of Lent are meant to replicate Jesus’ post-baptism experience in the wilderness, and there actually are a few similarities. For one thing, we can pretty much count on being tempted by Satan. Oh it isn’t that the Evil One is trying to get us to sin—we do…
Daily Devotions: February 17, 2018
February 17, 2018 1 Peter 3:18-22 “And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” vs. 21 Noah’s ark was a favorite subject for the catacomb artists of the early church, even more popular than the now familiar pictures of Jesus on the cross. They liked the baptismal connections, the idea that water could bring salvation.…