The Lord Is for Me READ Psalm 118:1-29   The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear.     What can mere people do to me? Psalm 118:6 Psalm 118 was written in the context of hostility. The unnamed psalm writer was facing threats from his enemies, who hated him and sought to kill him.…

A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving READ Psalm 116:1-19   I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving     and call on the name of the LORD. Psalm 116:17 Psalm 116 celebrates God’s goodness. The psalmist has experienced God’s grace in manifold expressions. God has heard his prayers (116:1). God delivered him from death (116:3-6), guided his steps (116:8-9),…

Tremble! READ Psalm 114:1-8   Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,     at the presence of the God of Jacob. Psalm 114:7 One Saturday morning when I was a teenager, my friend Mike and I rode our bikes to our school in order to play handball. The school was deserted, and we had our…

The Seven Last Words of Christ for Holy Week: The First Word READ Luke 23:1-34  “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34 The seven last “words” of Christ are, in actuality, seven sentences spoken by Jesus from the cross. They are found in the four biblical Gospels: Matthew/Mark (1);…

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