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ALL GOD’S CREATURES-Snake

Although the serpent debuted as the devil in Genesis, today’s scripture lessons reference snakes as something deadly but also as a fitting visual of how evil is overcome by ministers of God’s Word.   Exodus 7:8-13 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to […]
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In The Middle

This reading is an account of how Jesus was placed in the midst of the condemned to be the light of life.  Luke 23: 32-33, 39-43 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along […]
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Joy in Struggles

These Scripture lessons speak of a joy we have in God regardless of what is happening in our lives and in the world. Nehemiah 8:9-12 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord […]
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Jesus & Gentiles: The Syrophoenician

The central theme of these scripture lessons is God’s mercy as His response to our faith in Him. Hosea 6:4-6 “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. 5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with […]
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