Download Monday, June 25 Psalm 46 – 47 “God is our refuge and strength” For nearly a thousand years, much of what is now Europe comprised the Holy Roman Empire. It had a legislative assembly called a diet, which in 1521 met at a German city called Worms to consider the pope’s condemnation… Read more about Summer in the Psalms
Summer in the Psalms
Download Monday, June 18 Psalm 35 – 36 “O Lord, oppose those who oppose me” Psalm 35 prays for vindication and thereby the reestablishment of honor for oneself. God brings justice, so we can let go and get on with our lives rather than having to be constantly trying to even things up… Read more about Summer in the Psalms
Summer in the Psalms
Download Monday, June 11 Psalm 23 – 24 “The Lord is my shepherd” The flock is secure and also provided for, because their shepherd is faithful in his care for it. So it is for a human being who has the Lord as shepherd. To be Lord means to be the God who… Read more about Summer in the Psalms
Summer in the Psalms
Download Monday, June 4 Psalm 13 – 14 “How long?” How long, how long, how long, how long? Psalm 13 is written for someone facing a problem that has been going on for a long period of time. It encourages him to continue trusting in God’s commitment and to expect to celebrate God’s deliverance,… Read more about Summer in the Psalms
Summer in the Psalms
Download Monday, May 28 Psalm 1 – 2 “Serve the Lord” Psalm 1 stresses the importance of choice and believes that the key choice we have to make is enormously important, but the Psalm also tells us that it is straightforward. There are two ways that open up before us as individuals; Jesus… Read more about Summer in the Psalms
Paul in Rome
Download Monday, May 21 Acts 28:1-6 “We learned that we were on the Island of Malta” The account of what happened on Malta is further evidence of how the Lord will use everything for his glory and our effectiveness. Paul could have been disgruntled. Instead he took the disaster in stride and gathered… Read more about Paul in Rome
Paul and the Storm
Download Monday, May 14 Acts 27:1-12 “We set sail for Italy” Luke returns to the first person plural, having last used it in Acts 21:18, indicating that he is on this journey with Paul as they travel to Rome. Others in the traveling party include the centurion, Julius, his soldiers, other prisoners, and… Read more about Paul and the Storm
Paul, Festus and Agrippa
Download Monday, May 7 Acts 26:1-8 “Paul began his defense” After Roman Governor Festus stated the case against Paul, as it had been presented to him by the Jewish leaders, Jewish King Agrippa gave his permission for the Apostle to speak. Paul was neither cowed by the pageantry of Agrippa’s royal entourage nor… Read more about Paul, Festus and Agrippa