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May 23, 2022 DAILY READING Read the psalm aloud with expression and feeling. How does this psalm compare to the way you pray when you feel like the writer does? Psalm 24 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,the world, and all who live in it;for he founded it on the seasand established it…

May 21, 2022 DAILY READING 1 John 3:23Ephesians 2:10 1 John 3:23: And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. Ephesians 2:10: We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in…

May 20, 2022 DAILY READING Luke 21:1-4 (CEB)In Jesus’s time, a mite was the very smallest of money units. The poor widow would have had no source of income after her husband’s death. Therefore the two small copper mites were all she had – and yet she offered them to God. The rich, on the other…

May 19, 2022 DAILY READING Hebrews 13:16 (NIV)And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. A Way To GiveAbimbola T. Alabi* Focus on self only makes the world a dreary place to live.But you make it a brighter scene when you find a way to…

May 18, 2022 DAILY READING Leviticus 19:9-10 (CEV)John Wesley reminded us to “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long you can.” Mother Teresa said, “It’s…

May 17, 2022 DAILY READING Leviticus 19:9-10 (CEB)Widows, strangers, and the poor were allowed into fields three times daily to gather the grapes and bundles of grain that farmers had dropped, ample opportunities to fill their empty baskets. Why is this important to us today? Do we have a responsibility make sure people in need or…

DAILY READING Leviticus 19:9-10 (CEB)Thousands of years ago God gave 613 laws to Moses for the Hebrew people in order for them to have a covenant with Him. Some of those laws were not intended to be timeless, but rather were for a people living in a specific time, culture, geographical and religious context. The…

DAILY READING Mark 7:1-8 [Psalm 112: 1-9] The ritual being observed in this passage is a particular way of preparing to eat.  All that can really be seen are the outward trappings of religious tradition. In quoting Isaiah Jesus makes an interesting statement…it is possible to teach human ideas of observance as doctrine and still not…