“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 ESV Reflection: what does it mean to carry burdens for brothers and sisters in Christ? The journey as a Christian is often filled with tribulations, with suffering. None of us like suffering, but it is unavoidable as a Christian. The fact that
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““Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.” Psalm 129:1-2 ESV. Reflection: why does God’s people have to suffer in the world? In a way, we have been created from the beginning to “fit in”. If
“Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!” Psalm 128:1 ESV Reflection: what do you mean when you wish blessings on someone? A few years ago, as we were leaving the parking garage of the Boise airport, I asked the woman collecting the parking fee “How are you?” A normal question,
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” Psalm 127:1 ESV Reflection: what does your spiritual house look like? Jesus gives the famous parable of the house built on rock versus sand, a parable that most Christians
“Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”” John 6:27 NKJV Reflection: why do we have to labor for the everlasting food? Since 1894, “Labor Day” has been
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.” John 5:25 ESV Reflection: how can you hear the voice of the Son of God? During dinner with friends, one person said “I
“He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalm 126:6 ESV Reflection: have you ever felt the need to “take a shortcut”, even to give up, as the Christian walk is just too hard? Sometimes God allows us to go through
“Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts! But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!” Psalm 125:4-5 ESV Reflection: who does God favor? The topic of fairness under the law, or that
“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say— if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when people rose up against us,” Psalm 124:1-2 ESV Reflection: when did the Lord have to rescue you out of a situation? One of my top engineers
“To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!” Psalm 123:1 ESV Reflection: what is God doing in your life these days? Pick any of your favorite story from the Old Testament. Perhaps of Noah and the flood, building an Ark to save his family and the animals. Maybe
