O LORD, I have heard of what you have done, and I am filled with awe. Now do again in our times the great deeds you used to do. Be merciful, even when You are angry. Habakkuk 3: 2, Good News Bible.  Gracious God, we are truly filled with awe when we consider how great is Your love for us. We experience it every day. We come once again to hear from You. Please speak to us we pray, in the holy name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ! Amen. We have finally come to the message of mercy in...

O LORD, I have heard of what you have done, and I am filled with awe. Now do again in our times the great deeds you used to do. Be merciful, even when You are angry. Habakkuk 3: 2, Good News Bible.  O LORD, how excellent is Your name in all the earth! We ask that Your mercy will be shed abroad in our hearts and lives as we sit to study Your Word. This we ask in the blessed name of Jesus Christ. Amen. To the prophet Habakkuk, and the people of Israel, all may have seemed lost - hopeless....

O LORD, I have heard of what you have done, and I am filled with awe. Now do again in our times the great deeds you used to do. Be merciful, even when You are angry. Habakkuk 3: 2, Good News Bible.  Hear we are again dear LORD, waiting anxiously to feed upon Your Word. Please descend and teach us, we pray; in the holy name of Jesus. Amen. Have you ever wished that you had lived in the days when God did extraordinary things such as, divide the Red Sea, or the Jordan river, and let the people of Israel...

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be...

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be...

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will Ephesians 1: 3-5, NRSV. Abba, Father, we utter that name with holy confidence, because You have adopted us in the Beloved! Please teach us Your will as we come into You presence today. In the mighty...

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. 1 Timothy 4: 16-5: 2, NIV. Dear God, please remain with us as we come together to study Your Word, and please speak to our hearts. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. Our Scripture for today is taken from a letter written by the apostle, to...

When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?” Peter said to Him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And...

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word. I have not departed from Your  judgments, for You Yourself have taught me. How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp...