VII.We’ve spent time this week noticing what this passage has to say about praise, worship and salvation. As we spend time with it today, pay attention to the closing words of the passage and see how they complement what is … Continue reading
IV.As we return to this passage, let’s give some attention to how the “elder” describes the “great multitude.” V.Revelation 7:9-17 (NRSV) After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from … Continue reading
I.We continue to reflect on “praise” and for this week and the following two weeks we will spend time with three passages from the Book of Revelation. Sometimes just a mention of the Book of Revelation will have folks turning … Continue reading
VII.Again, in Bread in the Wilderness, Thomas Merton writes –“The Psalms acquire, for those who know how to enter into them, a surprising depth, a marvelous and inexhaustible actuality. They are bread, miraculously provided by Christ,to feed those who have … Continue reading
IV.In Thomas Merton’s Bread in the Wilderness, I came across this – “ … the Psalms are the nourishment of [the] interior life and of … personal prayer, so that at last [we] come to live them and experience them … Continue reading
I.This week we turn to the last two Psalms in the Book of Psalms, as we also end our time with the book of Psalms for now. Spend some time with these Psalms and notice what holds your attention. II.Psalm … Continue reading
VII.As we begin our time with this Psalm today, rest in these words from the Psalmist – Happy are those whose strength is in you,in whose heart are the highways to Zion.As they go through the valley of Bacathey make … Continue reading
IV.This Psalm sure seems to speak a lot about the “place” it references – the physical location of singing, praying, and praising. Does it seem that way to you? As you spend time with the Psalm today, pay attention to … Continue reading
I.This week our focus is on Psalm 84. The Psalmist opens with – How lovely is your dwelling place,O Lord of hosts! As you spend time with this Psalm and read it several times, notice what is claimed to be … Continue reading
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;for his steadfast love endures forever.Let the redeemed of the Lord say so… (Psalm 107:1-2a) Let those who are wise give heed to these things,and consider the steadfast love of the … Continue reading