Today read Psalm 77 and Ezekiel 34:11-16 Pray today: Blessed are You Jehovah, forever and ever, for giving us the doorway to the Kingdom of Heaven in Messiah. I moved a lot as a kid. Every time I went to a new school I had to fight to see where I was in the pecking… Continue Reading
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Day 31 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Waiting
Today we read Pslam 77 and Isaiah 40:1-11, 28-31 If you walk through the doors of Branches in Murfreesboro you walk into the lobby. Some people would call it the waiting room. Every one of our offices has some form of waiting space. In Shelbyville it is a nice room down the hall, in Mt.… Continue Reading
Day 30 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Creche’
Today ready Psalm 77 and Matthew 1:18-25 I found this that Jacob wrote 10 years ago. Since then he is no longer in an apartment but he has a house. He is married to beautiful Allison and they have Caleb. I wonder if they still have the creche’ with a power ranger? This is good.… Continue Reading
Day 29 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: God With Us
This week read Psalm 77 and: Monday Isaiah 7:10-17 Tuesday Matthew 1:18-25 Wednesday Isaiah 40:1-11, 28-31 Thursday Ezekiel 34:11-16 Friday Isaiah 9:1-7 Saturday Philippians 4:4-9 Sunday Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:5-10,… Continue Reading
Day 26 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Fat Shepherds and Scrawny Sheep, Part 2
Read Psalm 85 and Ezekiel 34:1-10 (yesterday) and Luke 12:35-48 Today is short and to the point, a new thing for me. In the Ezekiel passage today God is chastising the priests for padding their own pockets, stuffing their own guts, looking out for their own interests, while the sheep, the people the priests are… Continue Reading
Day 25 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Fat Shepherds and Scrawny Sheep
Day 25 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: Fat Shepherds and Scrawny Sheep Read Psalm 85 and Ezekiel 34:1-10 Today is short and to the point, a new thing for me. In the Ezekiel passage today God is chastising the priests for padding their own pockets, stuffing their own guts, looking out for… Continue Reading
What Difference Does That Make
https://what-difference-does-that-make-with-dr-mike-courtney.simplecast.com/episodes/s2-e18-a-different-kind-of-suffering After many months away, a new podcast dropped today. It may be the most important thing I have said for a while. A Different Kind of Suffering . Continue Reading
Day 24 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: When Time Stood Still
Day 24 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: When Time Stood Still Today’s reading is Psalm 85 and Revelation 1:1-8 There is a phrase that I use often. I am not sure what it means but I do know, that it describes a phenomenon that we all have experienced, and when I tell you… Continue Reading
Day 23 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: The God Who Comes
Day 23 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: The God Who Comes Today read Psalm 85 and Luke 21:25-36 Carlo Carretto was an Italian religious philosopher and writer in the last century who brought a voice to a Catholic group called the Little Brothers of the Gospel, after spending 10 years in a monastery… Continue Reading
Day 22 of 40 Days to Celebrate the King: The King Is Coming
The reading for this week is, read Psalm 85 each day and: Monday Mark 13:1-13, 24-37 Tuesday Luke 21:25-36 Wednesday Revelation 1:1-8 Thursday Ezekiel 34:1-10 Friday Luke 12;35-48 Saturday Acts 1:1-11 Sunday Zephaniah 3:14-20, Philippians 4:1-9, and Luke 3:7-18 Also, at this halfway, highpoint remember we are trying… Continue Reading