2026-06-08 09:21 2 Maccabees 7:8 "He replied to them in the language of his fathers, and said to them 'No.' Therefore he in turn underwent tortures as the first brother had done."   This is the second of the...

2026-06-05 08:40 Luke 11:38 "The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner."   I think I would have been a little surprised, too, to see Jesus not wash up before a meal. I doubt this wa...

2026-06-04 07:40 Psalm 51:18-19 "Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offer...

2026-06-03 06:35 Isaiah 50:7 "For the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been confounded; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame".   I often feel confounded and c...

2026-06-02 10:44 Psalm 24:7 "Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in."   If we want God to come in, we need to make room for Him. He will be with us even if...

2026-06-01 08:53 Malachi 1:2 "'I have loved you,' says the Lord. But you say, 'How hast thou loved us?'"   Why do we question God's love for us when the evidence is everywhere? Every breath we ta...

2026-05-31 10:59 Micah 5:15 "And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance upon the nations that did not obey."   This fifth chapter of Micah tells of the coming of the Messiah - "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, w...

2026-05-30 10:15 Ecclesiastes 2:18 "I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who came after me, and who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?"   We do ...

2026-05-28 06:25 Sirach 9:5 "Do not look intently at a virgin, lest you stumble and incur penalties for her."   For some of us, looking at virgins is not an issue🙂, but rather than just assume this doesn't apply...

2026-05-27 05:44 Exodus 9:25 "The hail struck down everything that was in the field throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and the hail struck down every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of ...