From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Wake the Dawn

by Sheryl R. Helms on April 21, 2009 · 0 comments

Daily Reading
1 Samuel 24
Psalm 57,58
1 Chronicles 8
Matthew 8
Scripture
4 I am surrounded by fierce lions
who greedily devour human prey—
whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,
and whose tongues cut like swords.
7 My heart is confident in you, O God;
my heart is confident.
No wonder I can sing your praises!
8 Wake up, my heart!
Wake up, O lyre and harp!
I [...]

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Daily Reading
1Samuel 19
1Chronicles 7
Psalm 59
Matthew 4
Scripture
11 Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. (1Sam 19:11)
1 Rescue me from my enemies, O God.
Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.
4 I have done nothing wrong,
yet they prepare to attack me.
Wake [...]

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Daily Reading
1 Samuel 15-16
1 Chronicles 5
Matthew 1
Scripture
17 And Samuel told him, “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king of Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the [...]

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Scripture
“For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. 11 Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, [...]

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Scripture
“For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never [...]

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