And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to… Read More
Archive Category: Lent
Lent • Day 22
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10That is why, for… Read More
Lent • Day 21
“In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in… Read More
Lent • Day 20
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4,5 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments,… Read More
Lent • Day 19
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4,5 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?3 My tears have… Read More
Lent • Day 18
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4,5 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? 10 “I the LORD search the heart and examine the conscience, to reward each person according to their conduct, according… Read More