Saturday, March 29, 2014

Here he has a red letter priority. We can't have him unless we share him.


Luke 4:42-43
Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;
but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”

Friday, March 28, 2014

A red letter confirmation by Jesus of his Father's promise to Moses. Both are in today's reading. Isn't that cool?

Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
Luke 4:17-19
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”


Wednesday, March 26, 2014

I fall all the time but I have not been utterly cast down. It makes me so grateful to think The Lord has me in his hand.

Psalm 37:23-24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the Lord upholds him with His hand.

This is a pretty simple command. As humans we have a hard time doing this. I am forever complicating things or ignoring them. You?

Deuteronomy 12:32

“Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.



Monday, March 24, 2014

We sing this in church. I never knew it was Zacharias' prophesy after he named his son John (the baptist.) How did I miss that? I find something new to learn from the Bible every morning.

Luke 1:76-79
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Sunday, March 23, 2014

People will let you down. God never does.

Deuteronomy 7:9
“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Saturday, March 22, 2014

We have it on great authority that this is the greatest commandment.

Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.