Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter Fifty Two verse Twelve, “The Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear-guard,” (NRSVB). The prophet Isaiah prophesied regarding the departure from exile and the return to…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of the Prophet Haggai, Chapter Chapter Two verse Four, “Take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for I am with you,” (NRSVB). The background to this verse is found in the history of…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter Forty Two verse One, “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen in whom my soul delights,” (NRSBV). Some scholars believe that the servant of the Lord can refer to the…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter Two verse Seven, “The Lord your God has known your wanderings through this great wilderness,” (NRSVB). The background to this verse reveals a very interesting part of the history in the journey of Israel through…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from Psalm One Hundred and Six verse six, “Both we and our ancestors have sinned; we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly,” (NRSVB). The narrative of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, their dwelling in the desert and the rebelliousness that caused them…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for the week following the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity is taken from Psalm One Hundred and Three verse Two, “Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,” (NRSVB). Looking closer at this poem of consolation that David wrote to comfort himself…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Exodus, Chapter One verse Seventeen, “And the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live, ” (NRSVB). The Book of Genesis closes with the death…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Psalms, Psalm Thirty Three verse Five, “The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord,” (NRSVB). As we are entering into spring in the southern hemisphere, the beauty of the early light and the sound…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from Psalm Twenty-Five verse Twelve, “Who are they that fear the Lord? He will teach them the way that they should choose,” (NRSVB). King David writes in this psalm that he dedicates his life to the Lord and brings it to…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, The watchword for the month of September is taken from the Book of the Prophet Haggai, Chapter One verse Six, “You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are…
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