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God Sends Each of Us the People We Need
2021-08-28 13:05 1 Samuel 16:11-13. Samuel has been sent to Jesse and his sons to anoint the new king of Israel. Samuel has seen all of Jesse's sons except David and, though they are tall and strong, God says no, ...
Help Often Comes from the Most Unexpected Places
2021-08-26 20:47 2 Maccabees 1:11-17. A short story praising God for delivering "judgment upon those who have behaved impiously." The army of Antiochus, a force that seems irresistible, makes a pit stop in Persia at t...
We're Losing Our Mojo (Actually, It's Being Taken From Us)
2021-08-25 11:57 Hosea 4:4-10. Through Hosea, God is chastising his people for once again falling into great sin. Because of it, the land and all creatures are languishing. But, God says, don't contend with or acc...
Priorities
2021-08-24 16:31 1 Timothy 6:9-12. Paul warns Timothy about the temptation of wealth. Those who desire to be rich open themselves to ruin and destruction "For the love of money is the root of all evils". Timothy shoul...
Be the Change!
2021-08-23 16:20 1 Maccabees 2:1-13. This is a lament of Mattathias, father of five sons, including Judas Maccabeus. Mattathius saw the blasphemies being committed in Judah and Jerusalem and laments that he is living ...
Step Out of Your Box
2021-08-22 11:10 Isaiah 54:8-10. God tells us that in overflowing wrath he hid his face from us for a moment, but he loves us with an everlasting love and will have compassion on us. He says this is like the days of N...
Yes, We're Tottering, But Don't Worry
2021-08-21 13:11 Psalm 75:1-8. God says he will act at the set time and will judge with equity. When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is God who steadies its pillars. He warns the boastful and the wicked...
The Glory of the Temple and the Church
2021-08-20 16:05 2 Chronicles 3:1-7. A description of the Temple as Solomon is building it. He begins in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. The measurements in cubits are given and a description of the ...
What Are You Trying to Accomplish?
2021-08-19 18:41 2 Maccabees 7:1-2. The beginning of the story of seven brothers who were tortured and killed for refusing the king's order to eat pork. At the very beginning, one of the brothers asks the king "Wh...
There is Always A Return From the Darkness
2021-08-18 07:46 Job 15:17-24. More of Eliphaz' speech to Job. Here, Eliphaz warns that the wicked man is always in distress. All his years are filled with pain. His ears hear terrifying sounds. Even in his prospe...