David Bahn – Reflections

Light from the Word and through the lens

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  • Follow the Word: Deep Convictions

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezra 8-10, Psalm 111 Ezra 9:5-9 And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God, 6 saying: “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God,…

  • Follow the Word: Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Esther 9-10, Ezra 7, Psalm 110 Ezra 7:11, 13–14, 21, 23, 25, 27–28 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel: 13 “I make a…

  • Follow the Word: Whom the King Delights to Honor

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Esther 6-8, Psalm 109 Esther 6:1-3, 6-10 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded…

  • Follow the Word: For Such a Time as This

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Esther 3-5, Psalm 108 Esther 4:8-16 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him on behalf…

  • Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 20 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!    May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!2 May he send you help from the sanctuary    and give you support from Zion!3 May he remember all your offerings    and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah 4 May he grant you your heart’s desire    and fulfill all…

  • Follow the Word: A Promise of Peace — and a Coming King

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Zechariah 8-10, Psalm 105 Zechariah 8:1-8 And the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying, 2 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath. 3 Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be…

  • Follow the Word: God’s Clarion Call to Faithfulness

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Zechariah 5-7, Psalm 104 Zechariah 7:8-10 And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, 9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”  These chapters…

  • Follow the Word: Dressed by Grace

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Zechariah 2-4, Psalm 103 Zechariah 3:1-5 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?” 3 Now…

  • Follow the Word: A Double Invitation to Return to God

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Zechariah 1, Psalm 102 Zechariah 1:1-6 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, 2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers. 3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to…

  • Follow the Word: A Temple Still Under Construction

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Haggai 1-2, Psalm 101. Haggai 2:1-9 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all…