Prepare for Sunday

September 13, 2026

Ponder

This week we are going to explore Psalm 1, which describes for us the meaning and purpose of biblical meditation:

1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.

4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

The New International Version (Ps 1:1–6). (2011). Zondervan.

Here is one forgotten purpose of our devotional life: to bless others. Trees bear fruit for the sake of others. This week we are going to explore how something as personal and private as our devotional life is fundamentally invitational.