Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: Prayer

  • Mercy is Outsider Language

    Scripture:“The Pharisee… prayed… ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people…’” (Luke 18:11)“But the tax collector… said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’” (Luke 18:13) Luke contrasts two prayers—one polished, one bare. The Pharisee’s prayer sounds religious, but it’s really a speech about himself. It’s a prayer that builds a wall:…

  • The Connection Between Persistence & Justice

    Scripture: Luke 18:1-8One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute…

  • 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…

  • The Spiritual Discipline of Singing

    Habakkuk 3:2, 16-19 Lord, I have heard of your fame;     I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day,     in our time make them known;     in wrath remember mercy. I heard and my heart pounded,     my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones,    …

  • When Will Things Change Lord?!

    Habakkuk 1:2-11 Habakkuk’s complaint to God How long, Lord, must I call for help,     but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!”     but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice?     Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me;     there is…

  • 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…

  • Love God, Love People

    Matthew 22:34-40 (The Message) – When the Pharisees heard how he had bested the Sadducees, they gathered their forces for an assault. One of their religion scholars spoke for them, posing a question they hoped would show him up: “Teacher, which command in God’s Law is the most important?” Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your…

  • A Living Hope

    1 Peter 1:3-9 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven…