Psalm 24 I think context helps for us to understand or even embrace Psalm 24. I saw at least four contexts that helped me to look at the Psalm differently each time I read it. My first context was simple enough – all of us joining one another at church on Sunday mornings. Who may …
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March 15 / Psalm 23
Psalm 23 Back to the Psalms! After a month and a half of Job – all of February and half of March – we now move back to the Psalms through March and all of April. Thank you, John, for your wonderful, enlightening leadership of Job. I can’t even begin to lead our group through …
March 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Mar Job 29 25 02-Mar Job 30 31 03-Mar Job 31 40 04-Mar Job 32 22 05-Mar Job 33 33 06-Mar Job 34 37 07-Mar Job 35 16 08-Mar Job 36 33 09-Mar Job 37 24 10-Mar Job 38 41 11-Mar Job 39 30 12-Mar Job 40 32 13-Mar Job 41 26 …
February 1 / Job 1
The Lord gave Satan permission to afflict Job: “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” (v. 12a) So what did Satan do? He afflicted Job four different times – the Sabean attack, killing or stealing the oxen and the donkeys; fire from heaven destroying …
February 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Feb Job 1 22 02-Feb Job 2 13 03-Feb Job 3 26 04-Feb Job 4 21 05-Feb Job 5 27 06-Feb Job 6 30 07-Feb Job 7 21 08-Feb Job 8 22 09-Feb Job 9 35 10-Feb Job 10 22 11-Feb Job 11 20 12-Feb Job 12 25 13-Feb Job 13 28 …
January 31 / Psalm 22:22-31
As Debbie posted two days ago, Psalm 22 ends with praise. It’s intriguing to imagine Jesus praying this portion of the psalm while He is dying on the cross. Maybe that’s a lesson – in the midst of the hardest hardships, maybe the best response is praising God for His goodness, for all that He …
January 30 / Psalm 22:11-21
Psalm 22:11-21 Debbie’s post yesterday enlightened me for today. I can now picture Jesus reciting this psalm during His time on the cross – no doubt, this psalm and other psalms. And it makes all the difference to read through this psalm and imagine Jesus reciting it to Himself, even shouting out some of the …
January 29 / Psalm 22:1-10
Psalm 22:1-10 At the outset of this journey through the Psalms, there were only five that I could call by number where I knew something of their content. Psalm 22 is one of those five – this one because of prophecy fulfilled with Jesus’ death on the cross. Today we see two of those prophecies/words …
January 28 / Psalm 21:8-13
Psalm 21:8-13 I have never been someone who embraced the Psalms lovingly. Today’s reading is one of those for which I can not easily relate. Verses 7 and 13 are meaningful – powerful even! But the rest of it, hard to relate to… I’m hoping some of the rest of you can weigh in more …
January 27 / Psalm 21:1-7
Psalm 21:1-7 You have given him his heart’s desire, and You have not withheld the request of his lips. For You meet him with the blessings of good things… (vv. 2-3a) I’ve never really had much “heart’s desire” in my life; the one thing that I had always hoped for when I was younger was …