Read Psalm 139:1-14  (NRSV, The Message)O Lord, you have searched me and known me...I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:1,14The conversations we have with ourselves might ...  Read More

Read Luke 6:43-45 (NRSV, The Message)You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the tree. You must begin with your ...  Read More

Read Luke 6:43-45 (NRSV, The Message)...for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.Luke 6:45Have you ever noticed how your words reveal what's truly in your heart? Jesus taught ...  Read More

Read Luke 6:43-45 (NRSV, The Message)...for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.Luke 6:45Have you ever noticed how your words reveal what's truly in your heart? Jesus taught ...  Read More

Read Psalm 13 (NRSV, The Message)How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I bear pain in my soul,and have sorrow in my heart all day long?How...  Read More

Read Daniel 6:10-28 (NRSV, The Message)Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliv...  Read More

Read Galatians 3:23-28 (NRSV, The Message)Remember the Ladies (and theSlaves!)In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all eq...  Read More

Read 1 Kings 21 (NRSV, The Message)No Kings!Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the ...  Read More

Read Jeremiah 4:4-11 (NRSV, The Message)Growing in Grace But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your we...  Read More

Read Jeremiah 4:4-11 (NRSV, The Message)Citizens of a Different Kin-dom But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you wi...  Read More

Read Philippians 3:17-20 (NRSV,  The Message)Citizens of a Different Kin-domBut our citizenshipl is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Phippians 3:2...  Read More

Read John 10:31-34 (NRSV, The Message)Embracing Our Divine IdentityJesus answered, “Is it not written in your law,d ‘I said, you are gods’?John 10:34 (The Message)DevotionalWhen we think about who we ...  Read More