Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: bible

  • The Heart of an Unpopular Prophet

    Jeremiah 8:18-22 My grief is beyond healing;     my heart is broken. Listen to the weeping of my people;     it can be heard all across the land. “Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask.     “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols    …

  • Are We Good News?

    Isaiah 61:1–9 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of…

  • A Long Walk in a Peaceful Direction

    Isaiah 2:1–5, The Message The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem: There’s a day coming     when the mountain of God’s House Will be The Mountain—     solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it,     people from all over set out for it. They’ll say, “Come,     let’s climb God’s…

  • Isaiah & You

    Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, the edges of his robe filling the temple.  Winged creatures were stationed around him. Each had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two their feet, and with two they flew about.  They…

  • The Prophets: Obadiah

    During the month of September, we will focus on the Old Testament prophets.  There is a notion that prophets are fortune tellers, revealers of the future.  Though prophets often speak of the future, that is not their primary purpose.  Prophets serve as God’s messengers of accountability when God’s people (and particularly the leaders of God…

  • Love Never Gives Up

    1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT)  Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. God never gives up on us.  God’s love never leaves us.  Other people may leave us or just withdraw for a while.  We may even give up on ourselves.  But God never will.  I have to…

  • Loving Life

    Deut. 30:19-20 – “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!  You can make this choice by loving the Lord your…

  • Love When It’s Hard

    Proverbs 25:21-22 and  Romans 12:20 “If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.  If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.  You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and the Lord will reward you.” The message of this scripture really is straightforward.  We are to love people that we…

  • Love Covers

    Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.  1 Peter 4:8 I started out the focus on love by confessing that, although I know a lot about love, I struggle to actually live it out well.  For that reason, I am comforted by the…

  • Are You “In Love?”

    1 Corinthians 16:13-14: “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.” Psalm 143:8: “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” In…