Woe is me! For I have becomeas when the summer fruit has been gathered,as when the grapes have been gleaned:there is no cluster to eat,no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.The godly has perished from the earth,and there is no one upright among mankind;they all lie in wait for blood,and each hunts the other withContinue reading “Micah 7: 1-4a….. The end result.”
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Micah 6: 9-13….A nasty list of human practices.
Please note that this devotional was for yesterday. According to my computer it came out but I never received it. So in case you didn’t get it I am sending it out again! The voice of the LORD cries to the city—and it is sound wisdom to fear your name:“Hear of the rod and ofContinue reading “Micah 6: 9-13….A nasty list of human practices.”
Micah 6: 13-16….wasted effort.
Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,making you desolate because of your sins.You shall eat, but not be satisfied,and there shall be hunger within you;you shall put away, but not preserve,and what you preserve I will give to the sword.You shall sow, but not reap;you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;youContinue reading “Micah 6: 13-16….wasted effort.”
Micah 6: 9-13…..A nasty list of human practices.
The voice of the LORD cries to the city—and it is sound wisdom to fear your name:“Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,and the scant measure that is accursed?Shall I acquit the man with wicked scalesand with aContinue reading “Micah 6: 9-13…..A nasty list of human practices.”
Micah 6: 6-9a…..A repentant response.
With what shall I come before the LORD,and bow myself before God on high?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,with calves a year old?Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,with ten thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,the fruit of my body for the sin of myContinue reading “Micah 6: 6-9a…..A repentant response.”
Micah 6: 1-5…..God opens a court scene!
Hear what the LORD says:Arise, plead your case before the mountains,and let the hills hear your voice.Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the LORD,and you enduring foundations of the earth,for the LORD has an indictment against his people,and he will contend with Israel.“O my people, what have I done to you?How have I wearied you?Continue reading “Micah 6: 1-5…..God opens a court scene!”
Mark 16: 14-20…..A quick summary….
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.Continue reading “Mark 16: 14-20…..A quick summary….”
Mark 16: 9-15…..He said that He would rise!
Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her,Continue reading “Mark 16: 9-15…..He said that He would rise!”
Mark 16: 1-8…..True or false?
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll awayContinue reading “Mark 16: 1-8…..True or false?”
Mark 15: 40-47…..The unexpected and the loving…
There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.And when eveningContinue reading “Mark 15: 40-47…..The unexpected and the loving…”
As I read it! 