Do not let your heart be faint Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power. Psalm 21:13 Read Isaiah 7:1—9 Picture the scene. Isaiah takes his son to meet the king. A simple boy before a king. The king is distraught, and all Jerusalem with him. Isaiah’s son’s…
DetailsIt shall stand forever Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 12:6 Read Daniel 2:27—28,44—49 What the king saw was a list of metals and compounds, figures of kingdoms succeeding each other, some more brittle than others, all crushed by…
DetailsThe hidden purposes of God We give thanks; your name is near. People tell of your wondrous deeds. Psalm 75:1 Read Daniel 2:19—23 ‘Tell me what I dreamed. Tell me what it means.’ That was the tall order of Nebuchadnezzar. No wise man was up to that one until Daniel was found. This would…
DetailsLiving for what will abide And bring us with your saints To glory everlasting. Te Deum Read Matthew 13:24—30 Every day I have lived — not a day I have ever lived has been without this — every day I have lived with weeds. With weeds that spoil the harvest, along with the good…
DetailsYour kingdom come All things have been created Through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 Read Isaiah 65:17—25 I live among echoes and promises. Echoes of a beginning, of a garden, the Lord walking in it in the cool of the evening, inviting us to fellowship.[1] Promises: promises of a holy mountain where the…
DetailsEvery living creature These all look to you To give them their food in due season. Psalm 104:27 Read Genesis 9:8—17 Let me think about living creatures. Those that have been my companions today. That have called, chirped, hopped, wheeled high and free, burrowed deep, scurried away or nuzzled into me. That have laid…
DetailsFaithful all the way to death His kingdom shall never be destroyed, And his dominion has no end. Daniel 6:26 Read Daniel 6:19—28 I can be sure that this day has seen the persecution of the church somewhere. Ever since Jesus said, ‘Everyone will hate you because of me,’ it has happened. He has…
DetailsLoss of direction Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; Therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. Isaiah 30:18 Read Isaiah 30:19—26 Haven’t I been there? Where the people of Zion were? Haven’t I known what they knew? That loss of direction? The not knowing. Which way? What next?…
DetailsFor freedom Christ has set us free The Lord is my strength and my might; And he has become my salvation. Exodus 15:2 Read Exodus 14:21—31 This is Israel’s big one, its grand miracle, the story of deliverance, the release from the burden of slavery and oppression under a foreign power, its liberty. It’s…
DetailsA talking donkey O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you made them all. Psalm 104:24 Read Numbers 22:21—35 Once the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth to speak it could have said something far more devastating than it did: ‘How come I can see what you can’t? I see an angel. You…
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