Category: daily meditations

SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 1-6 God is struggling with how His missionary people have missed the point. They go through religious motions, but their hearts are arrogant, greedy and cruel. Through Isaiah God warns them that they need to change, or risk being ‘fired’. Compare this to when Jesus warns the religious leaders of His day (Isaiah 5:8-23; Luke 11:37-54)….

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:45-54 If I had a really bad attitude or behaviour that was hurting others, would I want to be told about it? Who would my real friend be – the one who said nothing, or the one who challenged me on it? Why was Jesus challenging these religious leaders – from hate or from…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:37-44 Obviously Jesus is not happy with the religious leaders. “You foolish people… Woe to you!… “Full of greed and wickedness, neglecting the justice and love of God.” Ouch, bullseye, Jesus turns on the light (Luke 11:33-36) and reveals them. He sees beyond their religious pretension and pettiness, to their hearts. Hmm, what if Jesus…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:33-36 There is a saying, ‘you are what you eat’; Jesus here says ‘you are what you look at!’ The light here symbolizes the goodness of God, the eye symbolizes the focus of our heart. Like the moon, we do not generate light, we only reflect it… when we see the sun’s face. But…

This Sunday (May 18) I am speaking on Luke 11:33-36. Please write a sentence or two of what You hear God saying in this passage?

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:29-32 When someone comes to town speaking for God, advocating love and compassion, condemning injustice, preaching and practicing mercy, how do the towns people respond. The message speaks for itself, regardless of who is speaking. When Jonah the Jew went to Nineveh to condemn their immorality and injustice and warn them of God’s judgment,…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 85 “He promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly.”(Psalm 85:8) We are surrounded by God’s love, faithfulness, righteousness and peace. We need God’s help to restore these essential qualities of life; by our folly we have lost them. God forgives us so much, but He also wants…

SCRIPTURE: Song of Solomon 1-9 This is a Jewish love song; I am not really sure what I hear God saying in it. Some see this as an allegory, symbolic of the love between Christ and the Church. Others see it as a celebration of the gift of love, a beautiful gift from God. Maybe…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:27-28 “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (Luke 11:28) Many were impressed by Jesus, hopeful that He was God’s Messiah. One imagines how blessed His mother must be. Yes, she was blessed, but recall Simeon’s words about what this meant: “Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary,…

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:24-26 Is Jesus describing how spirits actually operate, or is this a parable? I see it as somewhere in-between, somewhat true and somewhat a parable. Jesus is describing what happens when a person is freed from the grip of some evil bondage. For example, an alcoholic who quits alcohol — there are both spirits…