Religion is simple (do this, don’t do that). Relationship is complex. God is calling his people to partnership but that means responsibility. It’s easier to just reduce the gospel into mere religion. This is precisely what the Christians in Galatia were doing. Paul and Jeff explain how repulsive this is and call us to something […]
1 Lord, you have searched me and known me. 2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up; you understand my thoughts from far away. 3 You observe my travels and my rest; you are aware of all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue, you know all about
Psalm 118 was sung after the Passover meal. On the night Jesus was handed over, he sung this to his desciples after their Passover. 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever. 2 Let Israel say, “His faithful love endures forever.” 3 Let the house of Aaron say,
1 I will sing of faithful love and justice; I will sing praise to you, Lord. 2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will live with a heart of integrity in my house. 3 I will not let anything worthless guide me.[a] I hate the
1 The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. 2 Your throne has been established from the beginning;[a] you are from eternity. 3 The floods have lifted up, Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord of Armies. 2 I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh cry out for[a] the living God. 3 Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young— near your altars, Lord of
How much is your passion for more of God? Can you survive without Him? Do you yearn for Him? Jeff explores what it looks like to intimately desire our Lord as we walk through Psalms 63. 1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise
Psalms 23. The Lord is my Shepherd. When you proclaim that the Lord is your shepherd, you are saying that you are under another authority. Gods authority. This means you must trust in the good shepherds decisions, no matter what they are. The good shepherd is calling you to the table he has prepared for
