Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and the Psalm.

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What a comfort this psalm is to anyone who has committed great sin! David shows us the way to abandonment to sorrow and grief over sin. His sins of adultery and murder found in 2 Samuel 11 and 12, result in an even greater repentance. His prayer has come down to us, the most well known of seven “Penitential Psalms.” Feel the soul’s upward movement, first humbled and purified by sorrow, then a gentle, peaceful lifting as the soul becomes open to the sweetness of being forgiven.

Notice that David does not wallow in guilt; this is self-serving and gridlocks the movement of the self toward true reconciliation with God. Only a gifted consciousness of God’s great mercy can lead one out of the depths of remorse into the light of God’s redeeming grace.

Psalm 51

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Example: Teach me wisdom in my heart. v. 6

We continue to follow the Psalms in numerical order.

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Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and Judges 7:1-8.

We encounter the man of valor who named the Gideons. Just as Gideon went into the camp of the enemy, so do the Gideons go into “camps” where the Enemy might be at work, with the prayerful hope that the Word of God would move mightily upon the lives of people away from their home.

Note the contrasts in the Book of Judges. There are mighty “Lone Ranger” types with a mission from the Lord; then there are the people who lapse right back into idolatry. The theme is constant in the Old Testament— God’s chosen love and the unfaithful response of the people.

Are you being faithful to the Lord and all that God calls you to be?

Judges 7—8

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Example: Show me where I am needed.

Tuesdays are dedicated to the Old Testament books of history
and the Hebrew “Writings.”
In the Winter Season of Advent to Epiphany this year we read Judges, Proverbs 4 6.

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Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and Isaiah 43:1-7.

The Lord of all creation speaks tenderly and lovingly to the Chosen People. God longs that there be a loving union with God and the people. There never need be fear of anything, for the Lord will protect. God’s only interest is that the people respond to the preferential love that God has for them. Why this preference? This would be to know the mind of God—something that escapes us, and needs to escape us.

Jesus came to save all. God loves everyone, yet with a love that makes it seem as though each person is the only one. The Lord of the universe longs that you love God in return. Accept this with faith. Let yourself be loved by God and with this grace, to love God in return through loving the poor; God has a preferential love for them.

Isaiah 43

Mondays are dedicated to the reading of the Hebrew Prophets.
In the Winder Season of Advent to Epiphany this year we read Isaiah 40 – 55.

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Example: “Calling you by name; you’re mine.” v. 1

For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook.  You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information.