Category: daily meditations

You can find more about my weekly Bible readings HERE. This week I am focusing on Psalm 63 (Monday, August 3 – Sunday August 9)

SCRIPTURE: Acts 19:32-41 “It must be settled in a legal assembly.” (Acts 19:39) The city clerk believes in ‘the great Artemis’, which he feels is undeniable (v.36). Yet he speaks with wisdom and justice, and handles this city crisis well. We can find wisdom and justice among those who don’t know Jesus! We are all created by God,…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 143 “So my spirit grows faint within me.” (Psalm 143:4) With all that is going on in David’s life, his inner spirit is failing. He is desperate, weak, overwhelmed, dismayed… yet not defeated! He still knows where to find the strength, wisdom and direction he needs. “May your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”…

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 12-13 “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.” (Hebrews 12:1) So much in this life can get in the way of hanging on to God’s life. How we live now has a huge bearing on how we will live forever. The Jesus life, the only fulfilling way to…

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 11 “All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised…” (Hebrews 11:13) A reminder to those who say that faith is the key to getting what you hope for. Just believe… and you will be healed, blessed, find a job, find a partner, etc. Faith is…

SCRIPTURE: Acts 19:23-31 “The temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.” (Acts 19:27) How should we respond when God and Jesus are mocked, when Bibles are dishonoured, or churches desecrated? Or when Christians convert…

SCRIPTURE: Acts 19:13-22 “In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.” (Acts 19:20) The ‘word of the Lord’ is not the bible, but the message about Jesus. The bible was not written yet; it was the testimony of Jesus that was spreading. And what inspired people to believe was the evidence…

SCRIPTURE: Acts 19:8-12 “Arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.” (Acts 19:8-12) The kingdom of God, we hardly ever talk about it as christians. We talk about church, worship, being saved, born again, missions, etc. But the heart of Paul’s message, and Jesus’ message, was the kingdom of God. “Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news…

You can find more about my weekly Bible readings HERE. This week I am focusing on Psalm 46 (Monday, July 27 – Sunday August 2)

SCRIPTURE: Acts 19:1-7 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” (Acts 19:2) Were these disciples truly converted, or were they not yet born again? How could they be called ‘disciples’ if they had not received the Spirit yet? The point of these questions is to warn us against turning faith into a formula. The Spirit…