Messy Worship Blog
Prison Blues
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 NIV ___ "This futile process exasperates prison officials." I laughed out loud when I read that sample...
Headless Chicken Condition
"The people of Nineveh believed God's message, and from the greatest to the least, they decided to go without food and wear sackcloth to show their sorrow." Jonah 3:5 NLT ___ Mark Twain once said, "I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never...
Mountain of Confidence
"You are proud because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. 'Who can ever reach us way up here?' you ask boastfully. Don't fool yourselves!" Obadiah 1:3 NLT ___ In one of the tv series I used to watch, there was an episode where the...
Keepin It Real
"But Amos replied, 'I'm not one of your professional prophets. I certainly never trained to be one. I'm just a shepherd, and I take care of fig trees.'" Amos 7:14 NLT ___ I have one friend who always answers questions with unfiltered honestly. (One is about all my...
Soul Funny
"My people have forgotten what it means to do right." says the LORD. Amos 3:10a NLT ___ It's been awhile since I've sat down on a Saturday morning and binge-watched cartoons. However, this past week the kids have had no school AND access to cable channels we don't...
Rend Your Heart
Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Joel 2:13 NIV ___ Some people have an extremely low tolerance for spicy...
Full of Should
So now, come back to your God! Act on the principles of love and justice, and always live in confident dependence on your God. Hosea 12:6 NLT ___ Decisions are tricky. I'm pretty sure I always have at least one decision at any given moment that I'm evaluating and...
Desert Quest
They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries out to me for help. Hosea 7:7 NLT ___ One of my sons has a deep love for really, really obscure facts. You could name just about any topic and he would know something extremely random about it. It's fun...
Closed Door Open Heart
But I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block the road to make her lose her way. Hosea 2:6 NLT ___ Instead of asking God for exactly what you want, have you ever instead simply asked him to keep you from what he DOESN'T want? A friend of mine prayed like...
Zoinks!
But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. Daniel 6:10 NLT ___ If...
