I was reading in The Art of Spiritual Listening, by Alice Fryling, and in Chapter 8, Listening for God’s Transforming Power, she had us read John 5:1-15. It told about the encounter Jesus had at the pool of Bethesda where people who were disabled lay hoping to be the first into the pool when the…

I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32:3-4. As I settled in this morning to read our psalm, Psalm 58,…

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27. Yesterday I read in the book, Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up In Christ, by Eugene Peterson, that Jesus is our peace. Watching the news later that night I understood better why there is no peace in this world…

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. Psalm 138:7 NKJV. The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalm 29:11. The Lord your God in…

Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent. Mark 3:4. May God give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may…

In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:21-22. Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and…

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. Ephesians 1:17. Yesterday I attended an online Spiritual Retreat on Aging. The title of this blog was a question one of the presenters gave; a…

He brought me out to a spacious place, He delivered me, for in me He takes delight. Psalm 18:19. He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food. Job 36:16. You have not given me into the hands…

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1. You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns…

May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13. This is one of the most beautiful psalms. Psalm 51. David wrote this psalm in great need and his need was for…