Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: bible

  • Disciples Path: Week 3:Day 1 – Gifts

    Hebrews 12:1-2, CEB So then, with endurance, let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let’s throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up,  and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 3 – Day 3 – Love Shows Up

    Galatians 5:13-14 You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don’t let this freedom be an opportunity to indulge your selfish impulses, but serve each other through love.  All the Law has been fulfilled in a single statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.                 Your presence is the will of God.  If God thought…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 3 – Day 2 – The Gift of Undivided Attention

    Proverbs 13:13 CEB  Those who answer before they listen     are foolish and disgraceful. Many years ago, while I was still in the process of becoming an ordained minister, I was assigned to do eight sessions of with a professional counselor.  I have since found out that most candidates for ministry receive this assignment at…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 3 – Day 1 – Presence

    Psalm 139:1-12, CEB Lord, you have examined me.     You know me. You know when I sit down and when I stand up.     Even from far away, you comprehend my plans. You study my traveling and resting.     You are thoroughly familiar with all my ways. There isn’t a word on my tongue, Lord,…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Day 4 – I Just Dropped In to See…

    Philippians 2:12-13, CEV My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved. 13 God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him. 1 Timothy 4:7-10…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Day 3 – Lectio Divina

    Romans 10:13-21, CEB All who call on the Lord’s name will be saved. So how can they call on someone they don’t have faith in? And how can they have faith in someone they haven’t heard of? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Day 2 – Whatever You Ask?

    Matthew 21:18-22, NRSV – In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry.  And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the…

  • Disciples Path:  Week 2: Our Prayers

    James 5:13-18, CEB If any of you are suffering, they should pray. If any of you are happy, they should sing. If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. Prayer that comes from…

  • Running Toward You When Others Run Away

    John 10:11-18, CEB “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. That’s because he isn’t the shepherd; the sheep aren’t really his. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.  He’s only…

  • The Sheep Gate

    John 10:7-10, CEB So Jesus spoke again, “I assure you that I am the gate of the sheep.  All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.  I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out and find pasture.…