Word, Thought, Prayer: The banquet
WORD: "Then he turned to his host. 'When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,' he said, '“don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you [Read More]
WORD: "Then he turned to his host. 'When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,' he said, '“don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you [Read More]
WORD: "In that coming day," says the LORD, "I will gather together those who are lame, those who have been exiles, and those whom I have filled with grief. Tears of joy [Read More]
WORD: “For I will bring them from the north and from the distant corners of the earth. I will not forget the blind and lame, the expectant mothers and women in [Read More]
WORD: “Then the LORD asked Moses, 'Who makes a person's mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is [Read More]
WORD: “Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be [Read More]
WORD: “Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows." (Isaiah 1:17, NLT) THOUGHT: This verse is filled with action: Learn. [Read More]
WORD: “When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, 'Do you want to get well?'" (John 5:6, NIV) [Read More]
WORD: “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27, NLT) THOUGHT: We too quickly forget, [Read More]
WORD: “Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.” (Mark 2:3, NIV) THOUGHT: It can be easy to believe that it is only remarkable and extraordinary [Read More]
WORD: “He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not [Read More]