SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:14-23 Jesus was healing, helping, blessing, inspiring, accepting, forgiving… and they accused Him of working for Satan!? Jesus main point here is that He – and God, and the love of God – is greater in power than evil. And God’s kingdom reality – goodness, love, life, healing, joy – is at hand, and…
Category: daily meditations
A prayer God will not refuse!
SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:5-13 “How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13) ‘God, please fix my marriage, please heal my cousin’s friend’s nephew, please help me pay my bills, please give be safe travel, please help me find a job, please let me get into that University,…
What is God saying to you?
This Sunday (May 11) I am speaking on Luke 11:1-13. Please write a sentence or two of what You hear God saying in this passage?
My heart yearns
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 84 The theme of this song is the joy of be close to God. For the Jews, that closeness was represented by the temple (God’s dwelling place). But Jesus came to make our hearts a place where God dwells. “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we…
My bottom line
SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 9-12 “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) What is the best way to live in…
The shape of my prayer?
SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:1-4 The Lord’s prayer is a prayer outline, not a fixed form prayer. The foundation of this prayer is God’s honor and kingdom purpose. Everything that follows (our needs and requests) are shaped by, and directed towards, God’s honor and kingdom purpose. Provide for us and help us so that Your Name is honored…
An unhealthy work focus?
SCRIPTURE: Luke 10:38-42 “You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one.” (Luke 10:41-42) Am I any different from Martha? I am usually so distracted — worried and upset – by all the preparations involved with upkeeping this church for Jesus. And yes, it bothers me that some people don’t…
Go and do likewise
SCRIPTURE: Luke 10:29-37 “But he wanted to justify himself… The one who had mercy on him.” (Luke 10:29,37) Notice the direction of the heart: one wants to justify himself, the other has mercy on another. The first is self-focused, the second is other-focused. Looking out for number 1, or looking out to the interests of others. What…
How badly do you want shalom?
SCRIPTURE: Luke 10:25-28 “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” … This man is not just asking about life after death, he is asking about ‘shalom’. According to Strong’s Concordance ‘shalom’ means completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord. How do we experience…
Pray for who???
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 83 It’s hard to relate to this Psalm. Our situations are not the same, so we cannot imagine the psalmists despair and suffering. Imagine people in Nigeria or Sudan, where lawlessness reigns: a poor farmer crying out to God against the armed groups stealing or burning their crops, taking their sons, raping their daughters,…