Jesus noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting by the customs house, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And leaving everything he got up and followed him. In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and … Continue reading Jesus calls sinners to repentance
Is not this the sort of fast that pleases me – it is the Lord who speaks – to break unjust fetters and undo the thongs of the yoke,to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke, to share your bread with … Continue reading The fast that pleases God
If you obey the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am laying down for you today, if you love Yahweh your God and follow his ways, if you keep his commandments, his laws and his customs, you will live and grow numerous, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the country … Continue reading Love the LORD Your God
With justice, he will judge the poor of the people, he will save the children of the needy and crush their oppressors. Psalm 72:3-4 7 In his days uprightness shall flourish, and peace in plenty till the moon is no more. 8 His empire shall stretch from sea to … Continue reading He will save our children
I keep Yahweh before me always, for with him at my right hand, nothing can shake me. So my heart rejoices, my soul delights, my body too will rest secure. Psalm 16:8-9 How great is our GOD! As I pondered this message and thought of what the Holy … Continue reading Keeping the LORD always before me
Although she is alone, she can do everything; herself unchanging, she renews the world, and, generation after generation, passing into holy souls, she makes them into God’s friends and prophets; for God loves only those who dwell with Wisdom. Wisdom 7:27-28 The Book of … Continue reading Wisdom
It would be better for such a person to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than to be the downfall of a single one of these little ones. Luke 17:2 Dear LORD Jesus, Thank You for Your … Continue reading Little ones
So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors; you are fellow-citizens with the holy people of God and part of God’s household. You are built upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. Every structure knit together in him … Continue reading Fellow citizens with the holy people
He said again to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does. And when the wind is from the south you say it’s going … Continue reading Interprete the times
For everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened. What father among you, if his son asked for a fish, would hand him a snake? Or if he asked for an egg, hand him … Continue reading The Heavenly Father gives good gifts