God speaks and we respond
Looking back–Remember, recall, recount: December 31 is day of looking back over the past, especially the past year. I have chosen Psalm 78 as an example of a scripture that does that. God Speaks A psalm of Asaph. 1 O my people, listen to… Read morePrayer of Reflection on 2023 and Prayer of Challenge for 2024
God Speaks 19 Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in… Read moreJudges 19-21
God Speaks 16 One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute. 2 Word soon spread that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. They… Read moreJudges 16-18
God Speaks 13 Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines, who oppressed them for forty years. 2 In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of… Read moreJudges 13-15
God Speaks 10 After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He judged… Read moreJudges 10-12
God Speaks 8 Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us this way? Why didn’t you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” And they argued heatedly with Gideon. 2 But Gideon replied,… Read moreJudges 8-9
God Speaks 6 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years. 2 The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted… Read moreJudges 6-7
God Speaks 3 These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 2 He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle. 3 These are the… Read moreJudges 3-5
God Speaks 1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?” 2 The Lord answered, “Judah, for I have given them victory over the land.” 3 The men of Judah said to their relatives from… Read moreJudges 1-2
God Speaks 40 Then the Lord said to Job, 2 “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?” 3 Then Job replied to the Lord, 4 “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover… Read moreJob 40-42