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May 11, 2026 — Up In The High Notes
Thank God for holy women! How signally blessed we are when we have them in our lives. Psalm 46 was written for those who can hit the high notes. The Hebrew word ‘ălâmôt in the title means it was written for the sopranos, or for female voices. We might find special blessing if we would hear the…
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May 11
CHRIST the HEART’S OCCUPANT: “That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith” (Eph 3:17). John Tauler, preaching priest in the Roman Catholic Church in Strasbourg, Germany, was converted under the ministry of Nicolas of Basel in 1340. He was filled with the Holy Spirit just in time—the Black Death struck Strasbourg and Basel within…
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May 11 Petition Mission
“Turn away my reproach which I dread, for Your judgments are good. Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness” (Ps 119:39-40). In the wonderful economy of words that the Spirit uses, the psalmist pleads for God’s undeserved righteousness rather than the dreaded reproach of others, the consequence of his own past…
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May 10
CHRIST the INTROSPECTOR: “Jesus…knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man” (Jn 2:24-25). Says C.H. Spurgeon, “A healthy man hardly knows whether he has a stomach or a liver; it’s your sickly man who grows more sickly by the study of his inward…
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May 10 Petition Mission
“Grace be with you all. Amen” (Titus 3:15). This lovely benediction, in one form or another, concludes each of Paul’s epistles. The most common form is, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Rom; 1 Cor; Php; 1 & 2 Thes). The most expansive is, “The grace of the Lord…
