punishment

Reflect The God of the Old Testament was very much an action-response sort of God. The story of Noah and the ark is a good examples of this view. Humankind sinned; God brought a flood and, with the exception of Noah and his family, wiped them all out. We tend to think in biblical proportions […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Jeremiah 15:1-9 (NRSV) Then the LORD said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read Leviticus 26:3-20 (NRSV) If you follow my statutes and keep my commandments and observe them faithfully, […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Hebrews 10:26-31 (NRSV) For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Psalm 32 (NRSV) Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom […]