Brought to you daily with a friendly greeting from Senior Pastor Dr. Tim Bruster, a lectionary-based devotional provided by Upper Room, and a personally selected piece of music from our Sound Cloud playlist, this daily devotional opportunity will help you begin each day wrapped in God’s Grace and Love with blessings and warm wishes from our Senior Pastor.
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It goes without saying that a lot of people are feeling a lot of anxiety right now. There are so many reasons to feel anxious—for yourself, your loved ones, for our community, our nation, and our world—and how we are going to get through this time.
In Exodus 17, The Israelites have been in the wilderness for several weeks and the people don’t have enough water. They begin to be afraid that they and their cattle will all die of thirst in the wilderness.
Jesus, in the last days of his life, is in the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, sitting at the table. Mary takes a pound of “costly perfume made of pure nard,” which was a fragrant, imported oil.
There are controversial parts of the Bible, there are unclear parts of scripture, there are passages that are difficult to understand. But, this one is clear—as clear as Jesus’ words about how we treat the poor.