Author: Norm

SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:50-53 Jesus blessed them, then left them. Were they disappointed… probably a little. But notice their demeanour or state of being: they worshiped Jesus, with great joy, praising God. They had something now that not even His physical absence could dampen. They knew – beyond a shadow of doubt – that Jesus was alive….

SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:44-49 “Clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49) God created humans to be His representatives (image-bearers), to rule and care for the world. He equipped them with ‘power from on high’ (ie the Spirit/Breathe of life) to fulfill their calling. “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:36-43 This is not Caspar the friendly ghost. Jesus is physically alive, it is His own flesh and bones. But how does He just ‘appear’ or ‘disappear’ (Luke 24:31,36; John 20:19,26), if He is flesh and bones? A seminary professor suggested that this may be an indication of what our resurrection bodies will be like. “So…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 105 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced… (Psalm 105:5) He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations… (Psalm 105:8) How little we appreciate the gift of memory, until we start to lose it. Alzheimer’s disease is the death of brain cells that causes memory…

SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 50-52 What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:28-35 “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32) Have you ever experienced this? You were reading the Bible, and something you read hit you deep inside. You sense that God is speaking to you. The disciples refer to this…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:13-27 “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27) Do you read the Jewish bible? Most Christians refer to the Jewish bible as the Old Testament (or Covenant). Yet many Christians read it as if it was still the New…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:1-12 “The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.” (Luke 24:7) In history, there are three significant moments relating to death and resurrection. (1) In the beginning, the ‘living beings’ Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:7) turned against the God of life…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 23:50-56 “He himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 23:51) What does it mean to ‘wait for the kingdom of God’. If I wait for the bus, I sit at the bus stop and anticipate that it is coming. If I wait for the light to turn green, I am in the lane,…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 104 What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER