Daily Update #317

Habakkuk 3:16-18 16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us. 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, …

Daily Update #316

Habakkuk 3:3-15The power of God on behalf of His peopleAs David introduced this chapter on Friday, we now get to the heart of what I would describe as, the psalm of Habakkuk. 3 God came from Teman,    the Holy One from Mount Paran.His glory covered the heavens    and his praise filled the earth.4 His splendour was like the sunrise;    rays …

Daily Update #315

“In Christ alone! – who took on flesh, Fullness of God in helpless Babe.                                         This gift of love and righteousness, Scorned by the ones He came to save. ‘til on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied –For every sin on Him was laid; here, in the death of Christ, I live.”                                                                                       …

Daily Update #314

Today’s Reading: 18    ‘Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?              Or an image that teaches lies?       For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;              he makes idols that cannot speak.19    Woe to him who says to …

Daily Update #313

Habakkuk Chapter 2: verses 15-17 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbours,pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,so that he can gaze on their naked bodies.You will be filled with shame instead of glory.Now it is your turn!    Drink and be exposed!The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming round …

Daily Update #312

Habakkuk 2:12-14 12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice! 13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people’s labour is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing? 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the …

Daily Update #311

Habakkuk 2:9-11 Loud Stones Today we continue through Habakkuk with the second of the five woes in chapter 2, which are part of God’s reply to the prophet’s plea for justice. 9 ‘Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain,    setting his nest on high    to escape the clutches of ruin!10 You have plotted the ruin of …

Daily Update #310

Pause: “The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.  Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.  Let them praise your great and awesome name – he is holy.”Psalm 99: 1 – 3 Reading: ‘See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires …