First Sunday of Lent
Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart I seek you, do not let me stray from your commandments.
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First Saturday of Lent
Psalm 119: 15-16 I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
First Friday of Lent
Psalm 5:3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.
First Thursday of Lent
Matthew 6:5-6 And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the […]
Lenten Daily Scripture – Ash Wednesday
Psalm 51:1-3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is every before me.
Faith – Contributed by Mason Norris
23 December 2016 Galatians 3:7-9 New International Version (NIV) 7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who rely on faith are […]
Legacy – Contributed by Virginia James
21 December 2016 Matthew 1:17 There are 14 generations from Abraham to King David, 14 generations from David to the exile, and 14 generations from the exile to Christ. Think back to the rainbow which appeared as a sign of God’s promise to Noah and remember the orderly color arrangement it presents: red, orange, yellow, […]
Restore – Contributed by Carla Cottrell
17 December 2016 Psalm 80: 3-7 This is a tough one. This psalm begins by calling God our Shepherd, and asks for rescue from trouble. No problem there. It acknowledges that only through God’s favor and mercy will we be saved. No problem there. Where I begin to struggle is with verses four and five […]
Redeem – Contributed by Amy Nowell
16 December 2016 Galatians 4:4 – 7 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his […]
Thirst – Contributed by Rev. Joyce Alexander
14 December 2016 Psalm 42 (NIV) For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears […]