Bright Hope for Tomorrow
November 8, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 127Ruth 4:11-17Hebrews 9:15-24This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES The Book of Ruth has a happy ending, but it is no fairy tale. No one waves a magic wand. The marriage of Ruth and Boaz came about because Naomi understood how things worked in those days, and she and Ruth…
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November 7, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 127Ruth 4:1-10Romans 5:6-11This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES Psalm 127 begins with an image for God found throughout the Bible: God the Housebuilder and Homemaker. Hymns often address God as almighty King, Lord, and Ruler, names that have to do with God’s sovereignty, but the Bible begins and ends…
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November 6, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 18:20-30Ruth 3:8-18John 13:31-35This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES Ruth and Naomi were at a disadvantage in a culture where men determined the financial arrangements and the social customs, but they were clever women. They knew Boaz should be their “redeemer,” and they figured out a way to bring their…
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Finding Home
November 5, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 18:20-30Ruth 3:1-7Acts 7:17-29This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES Today’s reading from Ruth centers on the act of “finding home,” especially crucial for Ruth who was a Moabite, not a Hebrew. For some of us, our home found us—caring family, food on the table, comfortable house, nice hometown, and close…
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November 4, 2019 DAILY READINGS Matthew 14:13-21This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle that is found in all 4 Gospels.It happened at the conclusion of a seminar Jesus conducted on discipleship.As the hour grew late, the disciples noted that the people were famished. When the disciples…
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When we listen to the wrong voices or put our trust in the wrong things, we can easily forget that God is the one we can trust above all others because God has always been faithful to us, just as God was always faithful to the Israelites.
Read MoreAll Saints Day
When we listen to the wrong voices or put our trust in the wrong things, we can easily forget that God is the one we can trust above all others because God has always been faithful to us, just as God was always faithful to the Israelites.
Read MoreThe Believers Pray for Boldness
When we listen to the wrong voices or put our trust in the wrong things, we can easily forget that God is the one we can trust above all others because God has always been faithful to us, just as God was always faithful to the Israelites.
Read MoreWe Cannot Keep From Speaking
When we listen to the wrong voices or put our trust in the wrong things, we can easily forget that God is the one we can trust above all others because God has always been faithful to us, just as God was always faithful to the Israelites.
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