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Daily Devotions
Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet…” vss. 5-6 Psalm 8:5-9 As the psalmist meditated on the wonders of the universe and considered what place humans had in the whole scheme of things, he concluded that we are almost like gods on our planet. Crowned with glory and honor, humans have…
Daily Devotions
He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks…” vs. 4a Isaiah 2:1-5 In reading the Hebrew scriptures, it’s easy to get the idea that God was an advocate of war and encouraged the people of Israel to engage in ferocious combat in defense of their land and to subjugate their enemies. More than that, it’s often implied that the Lord assisted in those…
Daily Devotions: June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019 For full passage click: Isaiah 65:1-9 …“I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that did not call on my name.” vs. 1 Long after the nobility of Judah had been hauled off into exile, the prophet recounts their complete rejection of the Lord. They had completely turned their backs on…
Daily Devotions: June 11, 2019
June 11, 2019 For full passage click: Proverbs 8:22-31 …“then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.” vss. 30-31 According to this section of Proverbs, Wisdom was the Father’s partner in the creation of the universe and produced an earth that was finely tuned and carefully ordered. Obviously, the writer had deep respect for the intricacy and connectedness…
Daily Devotions: January 3, 2019
January 3, 2019 To read full passage click: Psalm 72:10-14 …“He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight.” vss. 13-14 There are over 65 million displaced persons in the world today, and more than 25 million refugees and more than half of these are children. They’ve been forced from their homes by oppression and violence…