Prayer

January 11, 2026 Epiphany • Day 6

At Jesus’ baptism the moment is cross-shaped: horizontally, in Jesus humanity is reconciled to one another as the Jordan becomes a bridge to the nations; vertically, in Jesus humanity is reconciled to God as heaven opens and Father, Son, and Spirit are revealed.

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Excerpted from Exodus90 Program:

Jesus stands in the

January 10, 2026 Epiphany • Day 5

Opportunities and tests from God refine faith.

Temptations from the serpent distort desire.

God’s way is presence.

The serpent’s way is control.

God washes/wrings the Pharaoh out of Moses..

Moses is eighty.

Forty years in Pharaoh’s house.

Forty years in Midian.

Evil is not punished arbitrarily. It collapses under its

January 8, 2026 Epiphany • Day 3

God’s redemptive economy runs on relinquishment, not leverage.

The proud monk is healed by a saint who bleeds first.
Hagar is rescued though wronged.
Ishmael is blessed but not enthroned.
Isaac is given only after Abraham loosens his grip.
Worship happens not after moral success, but after failed control.

Letting-go →

2026.01.07

God does not exclude people

He excludes postures.

Violence, rivalry, and domination cannot remain, but they can be shed. When they are, even kings stream toward the dawn.

God consistently sides with those who resist it, protect life, and lay power down.

There is an inward bend of the human will toward self-preservation, domination, and

2026.01.05 Christmas • Day 12

Genesis

God brings order out of chaos
tohu va-bohu → habitation, meaning, fruitfulness (Gen 1:2)

Humans created as divine image-bearers ṣelem (image) + demût (likeness) royal language, vice-regents
Mandate “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth” → not population growth only, but expansion of God’s character into the world

Human Vocation Reframed

You are not made primarily to:

Produce
Accumulate
Build kingdoms

You are made to:

Dwell with God
Image God’s restful reign
Extend sacred order into the world.

Summary Sentence

Creation does not aim at work; work aims at rest.

The seventh day is the throne room of Genesis.

Everything else is just the road that leads there.

Genesis 1:1 –

January 3, 2026

Christmas • Day 10

INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."

QUIET

BIBLE SONG — Psalm 2:1-6, 10-12

Why do the nations conspire

and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth rise up

and the rulers band together

against the Lord and against... See more

You either rage in vain or take refuge in Him.

Psalm 2:1–6, 10–12

Literary & Historical Setting

Royal/enthronement psalm used in coronation contexts in ancient Israel.
Later read messianically by Second Temple Jews and early Christians (Acts 4; Heb 1).

Key Hebrew Terms (Left-to-Right)

רָגְשׁוּ — rageshû “conspire / rage together” Conveys agitated crowd-noise, not just planning but emotional upheaval.
יֶהְגּוּ־רִיק — yehgû-rîq “plot in vain” hāgâ = murmur / mutter / meditate → irony: they “meditate” emptiness.
מָשִׁיחַ — māšîaḥ “anointed” Title for Israel’s king → seedbed for later “Messiah / Christ” theology.
יוֹשֵׁב בַּשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׂחָק — yôšēb baššāmayim yiśḥāq “The One enthroned in heaven laughs” Divine laughter = sovereign mockery, not humor.
נַשְּׁקוּ־בַר — naššĕqû-bar “Kiss the Son” nāšaq = pay homage; act of covenant loyalty, not affection.
אַשְׁרֵי כָּל־חוֹסֵי בוֹ — ’ašrê kol-ḥôsê bô “Blessed are all who take refuge in him” ḥāsâ = flee for shelter → same verb used in psalms of asylum.

Titus 2:11–14

Literary Context

Pastoral epistle addressing public credibility of Christian life in pagan society.
Grace is not only pardon but pedagogy.

Key Greek Terms

Ἐπεφάνη — epephanē “has appeared” Root of epiphany → grace invades history.
παιδεύουσα — paideuousa “training / disciplining us” Grace functions like parental formation, not permission.
ἀρνησάμενοι — arnēsamenoi “saying ‘No’ / denying” Same root used of Peter’s denial → decisive renunciation.
σωφρόνως, δικαίως, εὐσεβῶς — sōphronōs, dikaiōs, eusebōs
“self-controlled, upright, godly” Internal restraint, external justice, God-oriented devotion.
περιούσιον — periousion “a people for his own possession”
Echo of Exodus 19:5 → covenant ownership language.

Thematic Synthesis

Psalm 2

Titus 2

Earthly rulers resist the Lord’s kingship

Believers are reshaped by grace into loyal citizens of Christ’s kingdom

Nations plot autonomy

Grace trains submission

Kings are warned to “kiss the Son”

God forms a people “eager to do what is good”

Know / Be / Feel / Do / Ask

KNOW

God’s kingdom does not compete; it prevails.
Human rebellion is noisy but empty.

A periousion person: not self-owned, not culture-owned, but Christ-claimed/possessed.

FEEL

Both sobriety (Psalm 2’s warning) and hope (Titus 2’s appearing grace).

Practice daily arnēsis: explicitly name one worldly passion you are denying today.

ASK

“Where am I still negotiating with Your kingship instead of kissing the Son?”

Closing Reflection

Psalm 2 unmasks power-fantasy;

Titus 2 reframes grace as apprenticeship under a King who already reigns.

Together they leave no neutral ground: you either rage in vain or take refuge in Him.

January 2, 2026 Christmas • Day 9

INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."

Context

Call to worship; summons: short, declarative, communal, universal in scope (“all the earth”). Intentionally missional: nations invited to recognize YHWH as king.

Worship is pr

January 1, 2026 Christmas • New Year's Day

INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."

Context

Global summons to acknowledge YHWH as Creator-King, covenant Lord. From noise → worship → approach: shout, serve, come.

Keyword Etymology

“Shout for joy” — הָרִיעוּ (h