Micah’s very name means “Who is like Yahweh?” The implied answer is no one. Think of Noah and his family, Joseph, the judges God raised up to save His people every other generation

Certainly he had trials and temptations in his youth and made his share of bad decisions, but it would make sense that this man, who'd by this point written so many psalms under the direct inspiration of Dig Deeper Did you notice the shift we made today?

fact floating in the midst of billions of other trivial facts, rather it has profound implications on every is immediately recognizable to us because it's what Jewish people call their meeting place, but the very

5   My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. 6   I am bowed down and brought very them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.” 17  For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever David wrote this psalm in a time of deep turmoil, which affected every aspect of his being: spiritually

Make people ask about your life "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" At that table he makes us enjoy himself as much as the merits of his suffering and death, as he nourishes The wicked person certainly takes the sacrament, to his condemnation, but does not receive the truth In other words, as you participate in the Supper, you become an imitator of God , fulfilling the very

Summary This famous account of David being confronted with his sin makes for an excellent model for how King David is a powerful, rich and very well established monarch, and normally men in his position are most of us when we're called out for something we instinctively knew was wrong is to deny we did it or make He responds to God's call to insert himself in a very awkward and potentially dangerous situation to

back to it later this week. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked ; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? comforted him, promising to give him his Son, “born of a woman,” to crush the head of the serpent, and to make

Jesus launched the Church with the expressed mission to make disciples . There have been times in history where this strategy has been very much in season; churches were full Dig Deeper   Paul here, inspired by the Holy Spirit, not only makes the church's strategy crystal clear

Philippians 3:7–9 (ESV) 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain He writes, “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. must find your true value, and this is where you must place your confidence, not in anything you could ever Far from making you complacent, this should spur you on to gratitude, so that you're living out of gratitude

his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Atonement We believe that Jesus Christ is a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek— made The Messiah will take up our pain and will bear our suffering. was to come; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: May I never forget the suffering that Jesus endured by taking