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Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. I love Mary. The word translated here as treasured is used only two other times in the Bible. In Matthew 9:17 the same word is translated……
2 Samuel 7:4-6 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in? I have not……
Psalm 104:16-17 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that God planted. In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees. Psalm 104 is a song of praise……
Psalm 80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure. There’s something about honest lament in a culture whose discomfort with grief is palpable, though I’ll have to admit the……
Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you. The psalmist contrasts those who take refuge……
Deuteronomy 4:39 So acknowledge today and take to heart that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. On the cusp of entering into a new land–and a new life–Moses asks the……
Psalm 30:11-12 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to……
Isaiah 61:1-4 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and……
Job 21:34 How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood. –Job, responding to Zophar I’m sure I’ve never selected a passage from Job for these Advent devotions, but 2020 seems……
Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to……
