Dear friends, In 2018, we started our Rooted in Christ Bible reading. Over the course of the year, we read through the majority of the Bible and had daily guides for each day’s reading. If you like to check out … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Praise the Lord
Today’s reading is Psalm 150 We end our 2019 Rooted in Christ reading plan with this Psalm of Praise. By the way, stay tuned in the coming days for an update on what we will be doing in 2020. This Psalm … Continue reading
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Today’s reading is Psalm 139 Today’s reading is a powerful and beautiful Psalm, perhaps (outside of 23) the most quoted, admired, and important passage among the Psalms. We see that God knows all about us, He is before us, beside us, … Continue reading
Unity
Today’s reading is Psalm 133 Oh, how good and oh blessed it is when we live together in unity. I think this is a great reading for us today on Christmas. For on this day, the Prince of Peace was born. … Continue reading
From the Depths
Today’s reading is Psalm 130 Today’s Psalm was one that I fell in love with when I was in college. In the summers after my sophomore and junior years, I worked as a counselor at Twin Lakes Camp. As we worshiped … Continue reading
Successful
Today’s reading is Psalm 127 Today’s reading reminds us that we are not the ones ultimately in control of everything. Unless the Lord builds it, the laborers labor in vain. We wake early, we go on, I love this line, … Continue reading
Prayer of the Righteous
Today’s reading is James 5: 13-19: This is a passage that we have heard a million times before, but we need to hear it again and again. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. I think of how it … Continue reading
The Lord Sees
Today’s reading is James 5: 1-12: I think about James 5 every so often, in seminary one of my biggest papers was a breakdown of this chapter, what’s called an “exegetical” paper. I probably put more work into that paper … Continue reading
Humility
Today’s reading is James 4: 11-17 Today we see another round of James warning us to be humble. But he makes this call to humility in two ways. First, we see him tell us not to judge others. Those of us … Continue reading
The War Within
Today’s reading is James 4: 1-10 Today we see some interest words, words I think that we all feel sometimes. James today talks about how we all have cravings that seem to be at war within us. We all know that … Continue reading