Pastor's Corner — Providence Presbyterian Church

The Morning Devotional for January 22, 2024
Deuteronomy 26

“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it, 2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there. 3 And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’ 4 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 26:1-4

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 22, 2024Deuteronomy 26

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 25

The Morning Devotional for January 19, 2024
Deuteronomy 25

4 “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
Deuteronomy 25:4

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 19, 2024Deuteronomy 25

Family Worship: January 21-27, 2024

Week Ending January 27, 2024

Parents, and especially fathers, are called to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Deut. 6:7; Eph. 6:4). One aspect of this calling is to faithfully lead your family in family worship. There are many ways to do that. Below are some suggested family readings and topics of conversation.

Family WorshipWilliam HillJanuary 18, 2024Hebrews

Family Worship: January 14-20, 2024

Week Ending January 20, 2024

Parents, and especially fathers, are called to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Deut. 6:7; Eph. 6:4). One aspect of this calling is to faithfully lead your family in family worship. There are many ways to do that. Below are some suggested family readings and topics of conversation.

Family WorshipWilliam HillJanuary 18, 2024Hebrews, Hosea

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 24

The Morning Devotional for January 18, 2024
Deuteronomy 24

“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, 2 and if she goes and becomes another man's wife, 3 and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, 4 then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. Deuteronomy 24:1-4

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 18, 2024Deuteronomy 24

Daily Prayer for January 17, 2024: Psalm 130

Prayer: Our most holy Father, you who stand able and ready to help us when we cry out to you for relief from the frustrations, perils, and burdens of this life, we bow before you today, mindful of your acts of providence in our lives. You alone are God, and there is no other. You alone order all things according to the counsel of your will -- a will that is good, perfect, righteous, and holy.

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 17, 2024Psalm 130

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 23

The Morning Devotional for January 17, 2024
Deuteronomy 23

21 “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. 23 You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth. Deuteronomy 23:21-23

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 17, 2024Deuteronomy 23

Daily Prayer for January 16, 2024: Psalm 129

Prayer: Our God, you who are great and glorious, the one true God of heaven and earth, we bow before your throne, acknowledging your majesty today, knowing that we are creatures of dust, prone to go our way and not yours. We are ashamed, our Father, at how easily we are turned aside to worthless things. We confess that we often give too much energy to things that will pass away. We confess that we often use our time for useless things and fail to seek your kingdom and righteousness with all our hearts. Father, please forgive us and help us. We are weak, but you are strong. The world, the flesh, and the devil easily overrun us. Yet, you have promised to help us, giving us your Spirit, protecting us from our enemies and ourselves. Father, we thank you that you love your church as a father loves the bride of his son. We thank you that you defend your church against those who hate her and seek to ruin her. We thank you for protecting your church from enemies within and without.

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 16, 2024church, prayer, Psalm 129

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 22

The Morning Devotional for January 16, 2024
Deuteronomy 22

13 “If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her 14 and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, ‘I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,’ 15 then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 16, 2024Deuteronomy 22

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 21

The Morning Devotional for January 15, 2024
Deuteronomy 21

22 “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 15, 2024Deuteronomy 21

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 20

The Morning Devotional for January 12, 2024
Deuteronomy 20

“When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And when you draw near to the battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the people 3 and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them,

devotional, DeuteronomyWilliam HillJanuary 12, 2024Deuteronomy 20

The Morning Devotional: Deuteronomy 19

The Morning Devotional for January 11, 2024
Deuteronomy 19

“When the Lord your God cuts off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, 2 you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3 You shall measure the distances[a] and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them. Deuteronomy 19:1-3

Deuteronomy, devotionalWilliam HillJanuary 11, 2024Deuteronomy 19

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