The Umpire of Peace

May 30, 2022 DAILY READING Philippians 1:7 – And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Colossians 3:15 – “. . . and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also you are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” FIELD NOTES Baseball…

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Majesty

May 28, 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 19  A psalm of David The heavens declare the glory of God;    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.Day after day they pour forth speech;    night…

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Assurance

May 27, 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 23 A psalm of David The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.He makes me lie down in green pastures,    he leads me beside…

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Presence

May 26, 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 139 A psalm of David You have searched me, Lord,    and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise;    you perceive my thoughts from…

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Abandonment and Despair

May 25, 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 13 – A psalm of David How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?    How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I wrestle…

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Instruction

May 24, 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 15 – A psalm of David Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?    Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is…

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Praise

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…

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A Servant’s Hands, Feet, and Heart

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…

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The Widow’s Mites

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…

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