Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

Genesis 1:9–10 describes what God did with the waters beneath the sky. Side note: “Pangaea” is the term for the hypothesized single landmass that may have existed before the Flood divided it into its…

“Who is this guy?” That’s a way of complimenting someone that doesn’t declare the tremendous thing the person has done, but focuses on the impressive doer of the accomplishment. It’s therefore the mo…

Genesis 1:6–8 describes God’s creating of the sky on Day 2 of the world’s history. In this episode, Pastor Biebert helps you take a closer look and think a little more about the waters under the expe…

God has made us, but just that fact alone doesn’t give us what we require in order to stand before him and to dwell with him. In this devotional prayer, Pastor Biebert reminds us that, in the words o…

Genesis 1:6–8 describes God’s creating activity on Day 2 of the world’s history. In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in meditating on how God created the sky.

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eile…

“You don’t own me.” “It’s *my* life.” Have you ever heard anyone say something like this? Have you yourself said it? We do take pride in being free and independent in the United States, but someone *…

Have you ever wondered about the order of time in Genesis 1—“And there was evening, and there was morning”? In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in viewing the day from God’s perspective, which …

Since deliverance is not just God’s possession, but his very character, those who trust in him in the name of his Son Jesus have no reason to doubt it.

Music Credit: Michael Praetorius, “La Canarie,” …

“And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” What does “day” mean there? A period of daylight? A thousand years? A million? Longer? Shorter? In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you…

We often only think of Jesus as gentle. But in this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you to see that he is also a champion and a warrior, who demolishes the enemies of his faithful.

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Why did God *speak* light into existence? We considered part of the reason last week (God is a personal being), but there is more. In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in considering how God’s w…

Even in the midst of his troubles, David was able to “lie down and go right to sleep.” In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in seeing how this ability was not tied to some mental trick, but to G…

There’s a lot more in Genesis 1:3 than first meets the eye. In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in meditating on God’s transcendence, that he is separate from his creation; his immanence, that …

David wrote this psalm while fleeing in danger and shame from his son Absalom. Yet David still has protection and glory in the Lord. In this episode, Pastor Biebert continues through Psalm 3.

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On Day 1 of history, God created light. In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in meditating on how he did so, and on why it is entirely appropriate that light was the very first element created o…

David wrote this psalm during one of the darkest times of his life. He was being betrayed by his own son. But the fact that he shares his devotional thoughts with us means that we can expect dark tim…

Genesis 1:2 says that “the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” at the creation of the world. In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in meditating on who this Spirit of God was and is and e…

King David concludes Psalm 61 by talking about another king—the King who is the basis and strength of all his other petitions in this psalm. In this episode, Pastor Biebert leads you in meditating on…

When God first created the physical realm, it wasn’t beautiful. It was a formless, watery mess. But God had a reason for that. In this episode Pastor Biebert leads you to see it’s a reason we still d…

The apostle Peter calls us “temporary residents in the world” (1 Pet. 1:1), but he was by no means the first to do so. In Psalm 61 King David refers to the fact that, whether he is at home or away fr…