Psalm 123 A song of ascents. 1 I lift up my eyes to you,     to you who sit enthroned in heaven. 2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,     as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God,...

If I forget you, Jerusalem,   may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth   if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem   my highest joy. — Psalm 137:5-6 In Jeremiah 50:19, God says, “But I will bring Israel back to...

The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” — Genesis 12:1 Whenever we leave what is comfortable to us for the sake of following God, we don’t lose ourselves. Rather, when we trade what is...

I will make you into a great nation,   and I will bless you; I will make your name great   and you will be a blessing. — Genesis 12:2 God promised that Abraham would be blessed, famous, and the father of a great nation. However, the verse concludes with the best part...

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out...

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. — Genesis 12:10 It would have been understandable for Abraham to question God’s promises. It would have made sense for him to feel dejected after...

Many seek an audience with a ruler,     but it is from the LORD that one gets justice. — Proverbs 29:26 We look to those with political power to make decisions, we must always remember that God is in full control. So, what about free will? We each have free will to...