March 31st, 2019

Scripture(s)
  • Joshua 5:9-12

    Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.

    10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12 The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.

  • Psalm 32

    Of David. A maskil.

    Blessed is the one
        whose transgressions are forgiven,
        whose sins are covered.
    Blessed is the one
        whose sin the Lord does not count against them
        and in whose spirit is no deceit.

    When I kept silent,
        my bones wasted away
        through my groaning all day long.
    For day and night
        your hand was heavy on me;
    my strength was sapped
        as in the heat of summer.

    Then I acknowledged my sin to you
        and did not cover up my iniquity.
    I said, “I will confess
        my transgressions to the Lord.”
    And you forgave
        the guilt of my sin.

    Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
        while you may be found;
    surely the rising of the mighty waters
        will not reach them.
    You are my hiding place;
        you will protect me from trouble
        and surround me with songs of deliverance.

    I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
        I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
    Do not be like the horse or the mule,
        which have no understanding
    but must be controlled by bit and bridle
        or they will not come to you.
    10 Many are the woes of the wicked,
        but the Lord’s unfailing love
        surrounds the one who trusts in him.

    11 Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous;
        sing, all you who are upright in heart!

  • 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

    16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

  • Luke 15:11-32

    The Parable of the Lost Son

    11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

    13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

    17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.

    “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

    21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

    22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

    25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

    28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

    31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”


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Why do they have a bigger house? Why does she have a better job? That church is doing more than we do. These are questions and statements we make repeatedly throughout the course of our lives. In making these comments, we are thrusting ourselves into the realm of comparison with others. Comparing ourselves to others may not be the best way to evaluate the quality of our lives. Instead, we should consider the beauty of our lives as created and destined by God himself. Today, we are challenged to unsubscribe from comparisons.

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Sunday, March 31st, 2019

by Dion Frasier


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