That Great and Terrible Day
The Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, 'There is peace and security,' then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. — 1 Thess 5:2-3
Descending from the Luminous Darkness
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? — Amos 5:20
In our Time, in our Midst
Send out your light and your truth, let them lead me. — Psalm 43:3
Love Strong as Death
We were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. — 1Thess 2:7
Rendered in Darkness
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this ... and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there will not be room to receive. — Mal 3:10
Towards the Wedding Feast
It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, so that He might save us.” — Isa 25:9
Unbarrening the Vineyard
"He expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. — Isaiah 5:2
Retuning our Hearts
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live? — Ezekiel 18:23
The Gracious Vineyard
You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. - Jonah 4:2
Walking in Unrelenting Love
Lord, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times? - Matt 18:21
Reconciliation Embodied
As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live — Eze 33:11
Reverence and Resilience
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells. - Psalm 26:8
The Rock of Faith
Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. - Isaiah 51:1
A Feast for the Outcasts
The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, ‘I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered. - Isa 56:8
Transfiguring Light
Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. — Luke 9:32
Hidden Treasures
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field — Matthew 13:44
Unbearable Abundance
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk, without money and without price. — Isaiah 55:1
God of Holy Rest
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Matt 11:28