Archive for September 2020

September 10, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 31:1-5 Acts 6:8-15 This week’s sermon text: James 3:1-12 FIELD NOTES It hurts to be falsely accused. It hurts when others attribute false motives for actions we feel are justified and needed. It hurts because our intentions might be pure, but we just can’t control what others might say…

September 9, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 100 Matthew 20:17-28 This week’s sermon text: James 3:1-12 FIELD NOTES Today’s scripture reminds us of the remarkable love of a mother. These two sons of Zebedee, for whatever reason, don’t ask Jesus for a place of prominence. But their mother will! She begs Jesus for her sons to…

September 8, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 100 Hebrews 13:20-21 This week’s sermon text: James 3:1-12 FIELD NOTES Today’s scripture passage is a benediction, a closing statement of God’s grace for believers. But in this powerful closing statement of Hebrews, we also receive a succinct formula for God’s salvation of all people. The formula starts with…

September 7, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 100 1 Peter 5:1-5 This week’s sermon text: James 3:1-12 FIELD NOTES When most people think about the world’s great leaders, they imagine figures that can command people’s attention, that demand respect from others, that are brilliant orators, or that can bend other people’s will to their own, even…

September 5, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 119:33-37  “Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Turn my…

September 4, 2020 DAILY READING Psalms 149:5-9 “Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing praises for joy on their couches. Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters…

September 3, 2020 DAILY READING Psalms 149:1-4 “Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful. Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and…

September 2, 2020 DAILY READING Exodus 7:16-18  “Say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to say, “Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness.’ But until now you have not listened. Thus says the Lord, ‘By this you shall know that I am the Lord.’…

September 1, 2020 DAILY READING Revelation 3:7-8 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens, ‘I know your works. Look, I have set…