Let There Be No Strife Between Us

Text:  Genesis 13:8-9, NLT 8 Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives! 9 The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want theContinue reading “Let There Be No Strife Between Us”

Come apart and Rest

Psalm 131:1-3 We spend precious time trying to protect ourselves from being wronged by others. We devise plans and take pains to execute our plans to the last detail.  Yet we are still wronged. We engage in mind-boggling conspiracy theories of which we are useless to defend. The machinations of this world are intertwined andContinue reading “Come apart and Rest”

A Desperate Plea for Restoration

Psalm 80:1-3 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. 3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Move 1 “Our world isContinue reading “A Desperate Plea for Restoration”