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“Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer” is a biweekly devotional podcast. Each episode consists of a passage from the Bible, a paragraph meditating on that passage, and a closing prayer. This podcast is produced by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winner, South Dakota.
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The psalmist says that he remembers the name of the LORD at night. Why does he specify that specific time of day?Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
Adam’s family began bringing offerings to the Lord not long after their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. But God looked with favor on some of the offerings, but not on others. Why?Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
What do you sing, or sing along to, at home? In Psalm 119:54, the psalmist encourages us to remember that whatever we sing, we are singing in a temporary lodging-house, and to let the songs that we sing be shaped by that fact.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
Genesis 4:1–2 tells us that the first human family engaged in the pursuits of farming and shepherding. In this devotion we explore what that would have all entailed, and seek to appreciate the blessings God continues to give us through all the various godly jobs that make the world go around.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
Everyone gets angry, and even the psalmist says, and teaches children to say, “Indignation seizes me.” But what drives the anger is important, as the psalmist also makes clear.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
Different English versions will translate Genesis 4:1 different ways. One common translation is: “I have brought forth a man with the help of the LORD.” But another possible translation (one that, for instance, Martin Luther preferred) is: “I have acquired a man—the LORD.” In this devotion, we explore what was likely behind the name Eve chose for her and Adam’s firstborn.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
The psalmist says he takes comfort in the Lord’s decrees from of old. What are those decrees, and how do they comfort us?Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
The first angels mentioned in the Bible are cherubim. In this devotion, we take a closer look at this particular class of angels, which are usually portrayed as standing guard.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
We like to be liked. That can make it difficult to remain a Christian, since God promises that those who hold to the truth will face insults, mocking, and worse.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
God not only proclaimed Adam and Eve banished; he had to drive them out. We, too, often have difficulty accepting the realities of a fallen world.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
One familiar evening hymn describes a scenario “when other helpers fail and comforts flee.” Psalm 119:50 describes one comfort that will never fail us, even in the worst affliction.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
Once again, just as he did in Genesis 1:26, God refers to himself here as “us.” What is he teaching us about himself?Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
How tragic it is when a person’s hopes are dashed so often that he no longer even desires to have hope. In this first verse of the seventh stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist asks that God would never disappoint him like that—and he asks this of God on the firmest possible basis.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
By banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, God deprived them of a number of good things he himself had given them. But he did so for their own good.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
“I will lift up my palms to your commands,” the psalmist says. What does that mean? In this devotion, we learn both about prayer and about what we can expect to received from God’s word.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
After the fall into sin, Adam and Eve, with their sense dulled from sin, clothed themselves with fig leaves. God now clothes them properly, and in so doing reinforces their sense of shame and reinforces the consequences of sin.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
We amuse ourselves with what we love, both because what we love naturally leads us to have fun with it, and because amusing ourselves with it helps to ensure we will continue to love it. The psalmist encourages us to do that with God’s word, our greatest love.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
Eve’s name, which means “life,” didn’t just allude to the fact that humans got to keep on living, instead of all being struck dead. It also alluded to the spiritual and eternal life that God would give humans through faith in his promises.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
Karl Marx once famously described religion as “the opiate of the masses,” which implies it’s for simple people leading ordinary lives. But the psalmist reminds us in Psalm 119:46 that we cannot be put to shame even when testifying to God’s word in front of the high and mighty. Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
For all the consequences of sin Adam and Eve and their descendants would have to endure, there was one they didn’t, or at least didn’t have to, if they believed in God’s promise. And that fact was a source of monumental disappointment to the devil, and was celebrated in the name that Adam gave to his wife.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
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