July 20, 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 …

July 18, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 86:11-17 11 Teach me your way, Lord,    that I may rely on your faithfulness;give me an undivided heart,    that I may fear your name.12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;    I will glorify your name forever.13 For great is your love toward me;    you have delivered me from the depths,    from the realm of the dead.…

July 17, 2020 DAILY READING Hebrews 6:13-20 FIELD NOTES Almost to month 5 of this pandemic, some of us may be starting to lose hope that things will get back to normal.  My family loves Disney World, and just last night we were lamenting the fact that in the immediate future, we just won’t feel safe…

July 16, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 139:23-24 FIELD NOTES When was the last time you saw a picture of Herschel Walker, former NFL star?  He is 58 years old and in better shape than most…everybody.  I remember reading an article about him one day and the interviewer asked him why, at his age, does he continually push…

July 15, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 92 1 How good it is to give thanks to the Eternal    and to praise Your name with song, O Most High;2 To speak of Your unfailing love in the morning    and rehearse Your faithfulness as night begins to fall.3 How good it is to praise to the sound of strings—lute and harp—    the stirring melodies of the lyre.4 Because…

July 14, 2020 DAILY READING Ephesians 4:17-5:2 FIELD NOTES When one hears the word “standards,” I imagine McDonalds would be one of the last places you think of. I’d imagine that would be a right thought most of the time.  I would also argue that goes to execution, rather than a lack of actual standards.  When I…

July 13, 2020 DAILY READING 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 FIELD NOTES John Wesley states in his lectures:   “Expressed in the most general terms, sanctification addresses the entire work of transformation in human lives by the Holy Spirit from the moment individuals are born again until they are given glorification in death. The ultimate end of…

July 11, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 119:105-112  105 Your word is a lamp for my feet,    a light on my path.106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it,    that I will follow your righteous laws.107 I have suffered much;    preserve my life, Lord, according to your word.108 Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,    and teach me your laws.109 Though I constantly take my life in my…