“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭23‬:‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Let us pray. Lord of life, You look beyond our outward appearance into our our hearts. You see our desires and our lies, our hopes and our fears, our anxieties and…

“And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.” And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of…

John 12:35–36 (NLT): 35 Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going. 36 Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will…

“And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you…

“And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Let us pray. Lord Jesus, when we think of the triumphal entry, we think of all…

28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (‭‭‭Matthew‬ ‭20‬‬:‭28‬ ‭ESV‬‬) Let us pray. Lord Jesus, we don’t know what it means to sacrifice as You have sacrificed for us. You have left heaven to show us Your…

“And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭13‬:‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬ How often do the people around us not realize who they belong too? I am not talking about being someone’s property but about being part of something that…

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬ How many times have we read the passage from Luke 13:10-17 and not seen the spiritual battle that…

“Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭150‬:‭6‬ ‭NRSV‬‬ One would think that an action that elicits the praise of God would be a good thing. Yet when we read through Luke 13:10-17, the healing of the woman on the Sabbath is seen as a problem by some of the religious…

“We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NRSV‬‬ Prayer for First Responders Lord Jesus, You call us into service as we leave our families and friends to go to the place that You have called us.…