Day 16 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Obedience Read today: Psalm 138 and Matthew 4:1-6, 28:18-20 No funny stories, or personal illustrations today. Just the powerful Word of God about our King. The Gospel reading starts with the first half of the temptations of Jesus. It’s a familiar story that we all… Continue Reading
Day 15 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Signs This week we will read Psalm 138 and… Monday Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 Tuesday Matthew 4:1-6, 28:18-20 Wednesday Matthew 3:1-12 Thursday Isaiah 62 Friday John 1:6-34 Saturday Mark 1:1-8 Sunday Philippians 1:1-11, Psalm 126, Luke 3:1-6 Look for the video… Continue Reading
Day 12 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: The Backstage Pass Scripture reading today: Psalm 95 and Hebrews 10:11-25 Tomorrow (remember no blog on the weekends 😊) Psalm 95 and Zephaniah 3:14-20 Sunday’s readings are always longer. Psalm 95, Jeremiah 33:14-16, I Thessalonians 3:9-4:2, Psalm 25, and Luke 21:25-36 For those who wonder about… Continue Reading
Day 11 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Thankfulness Scripture reading for Today: Psalm 95 and Isaiah 43:1-21 Happy Thanksgiving! Today many of us will gather with some familiar faces, family oo friends, sit around a table laden with enough food to cause us to repent for what we are about to do,… Continue Reading
I wrote this the day before Thanksgiving a few years ago. It’s not directly connected to our scripture reading for today (Psalm 95 and John 18:33-37) but it is a favorite story of mine and it always comes to mind around this time of the year. I was asked to conduct a funeral the other… Continue Reading
Today we read Psalm 95 and Colossians 1:9-23 My mother used to tell the story of the first visit to our house of the District Superintendent. In the church that I grew up in, and that my Dad pastored in, the DS was about as close to a visit from royalty as you could get.… Continue Reading
Day 8 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King This week for our scripture: everyday read Psalm 95 Monday Matthew 3 Tuesday Colossians 1:9-23 Wednesday John 18:33-37 (yes, again 😊) Thursday Isaiah 43:1-21 Friday Hebrews 10:11-25 Saturday Zephaniah 3:14-20 This is the last week of the Church year. Sunday, November 28th is the first Sunday… Continue Reading
Day 5 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King Psalm 44 and I Corinthians 15:1-28 On this day, 44 years ago, I made the second smartest decision I have ever made. Well, actually I followed through on the second smartest decision. I made the decision 6 months earlier when I asked Doris to marry me,… Continue Reading
Day 4 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Untying a Colt Today we read Psalm 44 again and Luke 19:22-40 You may not be used to following the Liturgical Calendar Readings and The Book of Common Prayer. Usually, there is a suggested Psalm that is read for an entire week. Something happens in my… Continue Reading
Day 3 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Allegiance to Another King (To get a daily email from this 40 Days study, go to branchesblog.com and enter your email address.) Reading for today, Psalm 44, Acts 17:1-9 There’s a DNA strain that runs through my family. Some may say it has affected me… Continue Reading