Category: daily meditations

SCRIPTURE: Ezra 1-6 Satan does what He can to hinder God’s plan to rebuild/restore His creation kingdom. The temple was destroyed, the chosen people were slaves in Babylon, Satan had won… or had he? God uses a pagan king to restore Israel, God stirs the hearts of His enslaved people to rebuild the temple. Satan can…

SCRIPTURE: Mark 14:12-16 How did Jesus know that they would meet the man carrying a water jar? We sometimes think that because Jesus is God in a body, He knows everything. But Jesus was emptied of His God-powers (Philippians 2:6-8), He did not know everything (Mark 13:32). I suspect that it was in His quiet time alone with…

This is definitely something to think about. The article below is from the Huffington Post, follow the link to read the whole article. “I’m a Christian. I’m proud of my faith, and I love the church. But sometimes my fellow Christians make me want to scream. Like a couple days ago, when a restaurant server…

SCRIPTURE: Mark 14:1-11 The religious leaders wanted to kill Jesus, this woman wanted to bless Jesus, Judas wanted to profit by Jesus. Their actions revealed their hearts, as do ours. Jesus is not unconcerned about the poor, He knows that people who love Him and God WILL also care for the poor. He knew that the…

This thought is not original to him (Romans 12:21), but is worth repeating! Today, wherever you experience something that is wrong or evil or hurtful… overcome it good!

SCRIPTURE: Mark 13:32-37 In Mark 13, Jesus describes what this present age will be like after He goes back to God. It will be nothing less than a clash of kingdoms, and it will seem as if darkness is winning. But be strong, take heart, and wait for the Lord, for He is coming. Thing is, we…

SCRIPTURE: Mark 13:28-31 How do we read the news today: the devastating storm in Philippines, the Mayor Ford fiasco? People are warning us that this storm is partially related to global warming… are we blind to it? People are warning Rob Ford that he has lost his moral authority… is he blind to it? Jesus offers…

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 60 David is praying for God’s help, and wondering why God isn’t helping. When God steps in, it doesn’t matter how great our enemy is. But the problem is, God doesn’t always step in. Here David thinks that it’s because God is angry, that He is punishing them. Sometimes God holds back because of…

SCRIPTURE: 2 Chronicles 29-36 How can the people celebrate, sing, worship, when there is so much bloodshed (2 Chronicles 29:27-28)? We have a hard time understanding why God commanded sacrifices, but there is a very important reason. The curse of sin is death (Genesis 2:17); by rights we should be eternally dead. But God holds back His judgment, and waits…

SCRIPTURE: Mark 13:24-27 History is moving towards a major showdown. The kingdom of God will finally confront the kingdom of darkness. All creation will groan and tremble, everything will seem bleak and hopeless, darkness will seem to triumph. And in the final moment when darkness reigns, a light will shine, the sun will rise, a glimmer…