This week Linda Wielinga has offered to share her reflections on the bible passages. Linda is from Port Perry, teaches art at Durham Christian High School, and is a participant in the Eastern Canada Leadership Development Network. I Samuel 3 I love how this chapter starts out … “ And word from the Lord was…
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hearing His voice
SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word. [1 Samuel 3:21] The “word of the Lord” is central in this passage. We get confused by our modern view of the bible as the word of God. Obviously these references in 1 Samuel 3 would not make sense…
God chooses a child
This week Linda Wielinga has offered to share her reflections on the bible passages. Linda is from Port Perry, teaches art at Durham Christian High School, and is a participant in the Eastern Canada Leadership Development Network. I Samuel 2 Eli’s sons are unfaithful and sinful in their responsibilities as priests. What seems worse is…
blessed are the poor in spirit
SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed. [1 Samuel 2:3] Hannah is bursting with joy, after years of ridicule and shame she has finally been vindicated. Her song warns those who belittle others (like…
longings of the heart
This week Linda Wielinga has offered to share her reflections on the bible passages. Linda is from Port Perry, teaches art at Durham Christian High School, and is a participant in the Eastern Canada Leadership Development Network. 1 Samuel 1 The book of Samuel starts off with the introduction of the prophet Samuel’s conception. His mother Hannah…
the sacrifice of joy
SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus said to them, ‘no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life.’ [Luke 18:29-30] Reading…
his crowning glory
Apparently this is not a joke, it is for real. I saw this commercial on TV last night. I laughed like I haven’t laughed in a long time!!!!!! Who thought that honouring Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize could be topped, but here we have it; he has been crowned with the highest honour, his…
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burning hearts
SCRIPTURE: Luke 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. [Luke 24:31] What strikes me in this passage is how elusive Jesus is. The disciples are kept from recognizing Him [Luke 24:16], then when He finally reveals Himself He disappears. He ‘opens’ their minds so they could understand the…
forgiveness
In today’s reading, Jesus does the unimaginable, forgiving the very people that were crucifying Him. Even more He asks God to let them off the hook!!!! If we think this is because He is divine, that He could do this, remember that Stephen (the first christian martyr), also forgave his murderers [Acts 7:59-60]. This kind of…