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  • Song Spotlight: “10,000 Reasons” by Matt Redman

    This post is the second installation of a series I’ve entitled Song Spotlights. (Check out my previous spotlight of Tenth Avenue North’s “Times” here.) In this post, we look at the beautiful song “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” by Matt Redman. I first heard this song sometime in 2012 and it immediately captured my heart,…

  • Church Notes: One Song to Describe Your Life

    These are my notes in preparation for our 1/15/2012 church meeting. Leader: Raymond Harris Assignment To prepare for our worship together, choose a song that expresses your life with God. Spend some time with your song and be ready to share with the family why and how it is meaningful to you in expressing your life or some aspect…

  • December 28 – Revelation (part 2)

    Reading Rev. 4:1-8:6 Devotional Chapters 4-5 of Revelation are my favorite passages in all the Bible—and the text from which the name of my Web site (chasingalion.com) originated. In these two chapters, we get a glimpse into the beauty and majesty that is present in heaven, in GOD’s throne room. The vision begins with John…

  • December 14 – Paul’s Letter to the Colossians

    Reading Col. 1:1-4:18 Philemon 1-25 Devotional During the two years that Paul is under house arrest in Rome, he writes four letters which are sometimes called The Prison Epistles (the word “epistle” means a letter). Today we read Paul’s letter to the Colossians and to Philemon. Paul had not visited the city of Colosse, but…

  • November 14 – The Upper Room

    Reading Luke 22:14-21, 23-30 John 13:1-21 Matt. 26:22-25; John 13:22-35 Luke 22:31-34; John 13:36-38 John 14:1-31a Luke 22:35-38 Matt. 26:20; John 14:31b Matt. 26:31-35 Devotional As the Jewish day transitioned from Wednesday to Thursday (Jews measured days from sunset to sunset), Jesus and His apostles met in the upper room, that Peter and John had…

  • September 19 – Exiles Remember Jerusalem

    Reading Psalm 102; 106; 123; 137 Devotional Today we conclude our two-day look at psalms written during the period of exile in Babylon. These psalms give us insight into the feelings of the Israelites during their days far from their homeland. Psalm 102 expresses feelings of woe as of an afflicted man. The man, representing…

  • August 5 – Habakkuk Questions, GOD Responds

    Reading Hab. 1:1-3:19 Devotional The book of Habakkuk is only three chapters, but it contains a number of important lessons for us to remember. Habakkuk was a prophet who lived at the same time as Jeremiah. He knew what the LORD was in the process of doing, using foreign nations to punish His children Israel…

  • Singing and Instruments in Worship (What the Bible really says)

    In this article, I examine what the Bible really says about the subject of singing and using musical instruments in worship. This is an emotional topic for many people. To help ensure we consider the subject honestly and without predetermined conclusion, let’s pause and pray for GOD’s blessing. What is worship, exactly? Before we dive in,…

  • June 6 – GOD Fights for Judah

    Reading 1 Kings 22:29-36 2 Chron. 19:1-3 1 Kings 22:37-40b, 52-53 2 Kings 3:4-5 2 Chron. 19:4-11; 20:1-30, 35-37 1 Kings 22:48-49 2 Kings 1:2-17a, 18, 17b; 3:1-3 Devotional Today’s reading contains another of my favorite stories in all of GOD’s word! This story is the battle of Judah and a great army of Gentiles. 1…

  • May 26 – The Beauty of True Love

    Reading Psalm 127 Song of Solomon Devotional Song of Solomon is a song that focuses entirely upon the subject of love. The song is a series of thoughts and conversations between a young Israelite shepherd man, a young Shulammite woman, the woman’s friends, and Solomon the king. This is likely the least-referred to book in…