Log In Sign Up
Shop
  • Buy Subscriptions
  • The Upper Room Store
Donate
Upper Room logo
Discover more from The Upper Room
  • Daily
    • Daily Devotional
    • Disciplines
    • Sight Psalms
    • New Every Morning
  • Prayer
    • Request Prayer
    • Prayer Wall
    • Books on Prayer
    • Articles on Prayer
  • Community
    • Walk to Emmaus
    • Chrysalis
    • Face to Face
    • Journey to the Table
    • Academy for Spiritual Formation
    • Discovery Weekend
    • The Upper Room Chapel
    • International Partners
  • Engage
    • Write
    • Donors
    • Volunteer
    • Newsletters
  • Resources
    • Upper Room Books
    • Articles
  • Our Story
    • About
    • History
    • The Upper Room Chapel
    • Upper Room Ministries Blog
    • Help & Support
    • Contact

Disciplines

  • Archives
  • About
  • Submit
  • Subscribe
  • Disciplines
    • Disciplines
    • Archives
    • About
    • Submit
    • Subscribe
July 23, 2025

God’s Extravagant Generosity

Rolf Nolasco, Jr.   |   Read Psalm 85:1-13

(Image by: Pixabay)
  • Text Size
  • Comment
  • Share

Share on Socials

  • Share
  • Copy Link
  • Email
Lectionary Week
July 21–27, 2025
Scripture Overview

This week our meditations take us on a journey where our spiritual infidelity and impoverishment is met with God’s steadfast faithfulness and diffusive love. It starts with God’s pronouncement of restorative judgment toward Israel’s unfaithfulness in Hosea. We then turn to Psalm 85 which describes in vivid and soul-nourishing ways what this promised restoration looks like. The theme of God’s extravagant and generous character carries us to Luke’s Gospel and Colossians, where we see it exemplified fully and incarnationally in the person of Jesus Christ.

Questions and Suggestions for Reflection

• Read Hosea 1:2-10. What does it mean to be faithful to God in this current moment of our personal and collective lives?
• Read Psalm 85. How have you experienced God’s faithfulness and restoration?
• Read Luke 11:1-13. How has praying regularly changed you? If you do not pray regularly, start a practice now. Look for the ways it changes you.
• Read Colossians 2:6-19. How might a life lived in the fullness of Christ influence a world mired in spiritual bankruptcy?

Respond by posting a prayer.

Psalm 85:1-13

1 LORD, you’ve been kind to your land; you’ve changed Jacob’s circumstances for the better. 2 You’ve forgiven your people’s wrongdoing; you’ve covered all their sins. Selah 3 You’ve stopped being furious; you’ve turned away from your burning anger. 4 You, the God who can save us, restore us! Stop being angry with us! 5 Will you be mad at us forever? Will you prolong your anger from one generation to the next? 6 Won’t you bring us back to life again so that your people can rejoice in you? 7 Show us your faithful love, LORD! Give us your salvation! 8 Let me hear what the LORD God says, because he speaks peace to his people and to his faithful ones. Don’t let them return to foolish ways. 9 God’s salvation is very close to those who honor him so that his glory can live in our land. 10 Faithful love and truth have met; righteousness and peace have kissed. 11 Truth springs up from the ground; righteousness gazes down from heaven. 12 Yes, the LORD gives what is good, and our land yields its produce. 13 Righteousness walks before God, making a road for his steps.

Unless otherwise indicated, scripture quotations are from the Common English Bible. Copyright © 2011 Common English Bible. Used by permission.

Having been assured of God’s faithfulness in response to our naming of our acts of unfaithfulness, we are now invited to share our deepest longing for relief, restoration, and redemption to God who watches and waits for our return home.

The psalmist offers us a litany of remembrances, memories that...

Subscribe to Continue Reading

God, may it be so! Amen.


1 Comments
  • Share:

Save as Bookmark

Log In to leave a comment

Loading more

The Practice of Belonging

The Practice of Belonging

The eternal words of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu really help me with both the Read More

Related Resources

A Guide for Small Groups

View

Tips for Leaders of Small Groups

View

A Guide to Daily Prayer

View

How to Have a Daily Devotional Time

View
Read on the go with
The Upper Room Mobile App

Download on the App Store

GET IT ON Google Play

The Upper Room
1908 Grand Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212

Customer support:

800-972-0433

Contact The Upper Room

  • The Upper Room daily devotional
  • Store & Resource Library
  • Upper Room Books
  • Disciplines
  • The Prayer Wall
  • The Academy for Spiritual Formation
  • The Walk to Emmaus
  • Face to Face
  • Chrysalis
  • Journey to the Table
  • Discovery Weekend
  • Sight Psalms
  • New Every Morning
  • About Us
  • Upper Room Ministries Blog
  • The Upper Room Chapel
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
© Copyright 2026 The Upper Room
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Help & Support
Notice at collection | Your Privacy Choices California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Icon

Log In to The Upper Room

Sign in with The Upper Room

or

Sign in with Facebook

Sign in with Apple

Don't have an account? Click here to create an account and sign in.