3 There is no soundness in my bodybecause of your indignation;there is no health[a] in my bonesbecause of my sin.4 For my iniquities have flooded over my head;they are a burden too heavy for me to bear. (Psalm 38:3-4 CSB) Do you feel the weight and burden of your sin? If not,...
An Attentive Prayer
11 Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Give your servant success today, and grant him compassion in the presence of this man.[a] (Nehemiah 1:11 CSB) Nehemiah was the king’s cupbearer. Meaning he was the...
Slow, but not
8 Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.9 The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. (1 Peter 3:8-9...
Choked Out
22 Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness[a]of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (Matthew 13:22 CSB) What in your life is choking the Word? In today’s passage we see that it can be the deceitfulness...
Do The Work
22 Then he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food and the body more than clothing. (Luke 12:22-23 CSB) Our scripture today can be a hard one to get past....