This will be told Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to your righteousness, And do not let them rejoice over me. Psalm 35:24 Read Mark 14:3—9 This unknown woman, one of those noticed by Jesus, attracted by Jesus: we’ll be hearing about her as long as the Good News is preached. Known forever!…
The blessing of thanksgiving We give thanks to you,God; We give thanks; your name is near. Psalm 75:1 Read 2 Thessalonians 2:13—17 The nature of thanksgiving assures me, every time I do it, that I am highly privileged. There is something I can put a name to that I give thanks for. So I’m…
With David in prayer I will establish your descendants forever And build your throne for all generations. Psalm 89:4 Read 1 Chronicles 17:16—22 I can learn to pray from David. I have my requests. I could go straight to them. But David does not. Before he makes his request, which concerns his own house,…
Without ceasing At night his song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 Read 1 Thessalonians 5:16—24 Now let me try something in this quiet time this evening. It will show me if I am ready to walk within the blessing God is desiring to shower upon me.…
The God who renews me We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun. John Newton Read Isaiah 40:25—31 Am I betrayed by a hint of sameness as I come to my devotional time tonight? It is more than a passing question because this relationship with God is meant to…
The language of thanksgiving O give thanks to the Lord of Lords, For his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:3 Read Luke 17:11—19 I take it that the Samaritan was the only Samaritan of the ten. When they were all sick together their common illness, their common exclusion from society must have brought them…
The right hand of the Son of Man In you, O Lord, I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame. Psalm 71:1 Read Matthew 25:31—36,40 In tonight’s quiet time I am advanced to what looks like the conclusion of God’s dealings with the nations. It began when God promised Abraham that those…
My pension Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. John Donne Read Deuteronomy 24:19—22 It is one of life’s satisfactions, I find, to make my living. If I have been able to find a job, an occupation that provides income, a business, employment in someone’s office or factory,…
Really finding the real person Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. Psalm 139:4 Read Philemon 10—16 Let me sift through the fellow believers I know. Some of them I talk with more than others. I know them well. Our thoughts run along similar lines. Even when…
The life I’m made for O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; For his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 Read Mark 12:28—34 My life is pretty listless if I don’t know any driving passion or purpose, if I just drift from one day to the next for whatever comes…