“This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—” Titus 1:5 ESV Reflection: who is your spiritual overseer? Most people value their privacy. In fact, there are laws in place in many countries to protect individuals rights
“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,” Titus 1:1 ESV Reflection: who are God’s “elect”, or God’s “chosen” people? When you really think about it, perhaps one of the most illogical acts
“Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?” Psalm 139:21 ESV Reflection: how can we love our enemies while hating wickedness? On the surface, that seems like a pretty simple question. And if you have never run into someone who is truly
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalms 139:23-24 NKJV Reflection: do you fear being misled? Yesterday we looked at a couple of properties. After studying the advertised materials online, we
“O LORD, you have searched me and known me!” Psalm 139:1 ESV Reflection: how did David know so many intimate details about God? I have many times pondered how the big figures of biblical history, like Abraham, Moses, David, and many others, knew so much about God. It is not like they had a lot
“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:13-14 ESV Reflection: what is
“For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: “This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.” Psalm 132:13-14 ESV Reflection: how can we prepare the dwelling place for the Lord? This morning we woke up to an amazing sunrise over the ocean.
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“But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Psalm 131:2 ESV Reflection: what is “the weather” like inside you? A couple of nights ago, we had a very powerful thunderstorm that passed over our neighborhood. Some of the lightning
“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.”Psalm 130:5-6 ESV Reflection: what does “waiting” for the Lord mean to you? After landing early in Denver, the gate for the plane we
“If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.”Psalm 130:3-4 ESV Reflection: why is it necessary to repent of sin? Let’s image a friend hurt you deeply. Said or done something “in the heat of the moment” that objectively was wrong.
