August 3, 2020 DAILY READING Deuteronomy 8:2-5  “Remember the long way the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by…

August 1, 2020 Psalm 45 For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. A wedding song. 1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme    as I recite my verses for the king;    my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. 2 You are the most excellent of men    and your lips…

July 31, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 23 1 Samuel 15:22-31 FIELD NOTES Obedience. That’s a word we don’t hear that often these days. Yet in our reading today, the prophet Samuel says to King Saul that God wants us to obey him more than he wants our sacrifices. He’d rather us do what he has…

July 30, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 23 Ephesians 4:25-32 FIELD NOTES Have you ever thought about how your thoughts, actions and words make God feel? We know that God is all-powerful and all-knowing, but do we think about God having feelings that could get hurt? In this passage from Ephesians, Paul says in verse 30,…

July 29, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 81  Jeremiah 2:4-13 FIELD NOTES Have you ever been so thirsty that your craving for water was intense and relentless? I had such an experience when I was running one sunny morning in Florida. I had not brought a bottle of water with me, and I was in a…

July 28, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 81  Genesis 29:1-14 FIELD NOTES Just as Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac among his kinspeople in Haran, so Isaac sent his son Jacob to Haran to find a wife. One of the first people Jacob met when he arrived was Rachel – his cousin…

July 27, 2020 DAILY READING Genesis 24:1-27 FIELD NOTES Have you ever prayed this kind of prayer? “Lord, if you want me to ________ (fill in the blank), then give me this sign _________(fill in the blank.)” When we’re confused or unsure, we sometimes ask God to give us a specific sign so we’ll know…

July 25, 2020 This week, we’re doing something different.  We’re going to be reading the same scripture every day, with different questions to pray and ponder over afterward.  This is a form of Lectio Divina.  Let the scripture rest in your heart and try to get as introspective as you can with the questions. DAILY READING Psalm 139:13-18 …