Liturgical Seasons

“Be Still and know that I am God” Psalm 46No more need be said.

“I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts” Ezekiel 36:26Ouch! I have a stony heart? This is actually a passage of the promise of God to the people of Israel to be restored, but I think it…

“Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” 1 Peter 4:8-10 Peter is speaking to the community as they…

“Then he said to them, “the sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.” Mark 2:27-28During our bible study today we covered this passage. It is the passage that follows the disciples eating the grains of wheat on the sabbath…

“Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name; make known among the people his deeds! Sing praise, play music; proclaim all of his wonderous deeds! Glory in his name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord! Rely on the mighty Lord; constantly seek his face. Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and…

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“When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be thy name,your kingdom come.Give us each day our daily breadand forgive our sinsfor we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,and do not subject us to the final test.” Luke 11: 2-4Think of the guidance that the disciples received when Jesus showed them this way to pray. Praise God,…

“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgement is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” John 5:30When I read these words, it makes me remember the number of times that Jesus tells us that what is…

“Lord, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and when I stand; you know my thoughts from afar.” Psalm 139:1 This is a psalm of David, a man of true complexity. David became a great king but was not always a great person. Ultimately David turned to the Lord in…

“Rather, I have stilled my soul, hushed it like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. Psalm 131:2Enough of my yammering….today I invite you to sit in the presence of God. Take five minutes to simply sit before God and still yourself before the Lord….