In slang the word “dirt” is used to describe a person or thing regarded as worthless. Today’s scripture teaches us what God can do for us with just dust from the ground. Genesis 2:7-9 & 3:6, 13-14, 17-19 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his […]Read more
To take out your anger on someone means to treat that person badly because you feel frustrated or upset. Although we deserve God’s anger for our misdeeds, the readings today explain how he spares us from his anger by taking it out on himself in the body of Jesus. Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely he took up […]Read more
The infamous mud flats of Cook Inlet, Alaska is where people have become stuck in the glacial silt and have drowned in the rising tide. These Scripture readings tell of our deliverance from life’s mires by a God who lifts us out. Jeremiah 38:1-6 Shephatiah son of Mattan…heard what Jeremiah was telling all the Read more
American author, Douglass Brinkley said, “Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership—if you’re right about what you’re stubborn about.” This is can also be true of an infallible God’s lordship, according to these scripture readings. Amos 2:4-5 This is what the Lord says: “For three Read more