SCRIPTURE: 2 Chronicles 13-21:3 This is what the prophet Micaiah was facing in 2 Chronicles 18. What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER Lord, show me where I am following the crowd instead of You. Give me the strength of Micaiah to live and speak for the truth, no matter the consequences.
Category: daily meditations
Being good citizens
SCRIPTURE: Mark 12:13-17 Interesting that Pharisees (extreme fundamentalists) and Herodians (worldly liberals) worked together. Their scheme here is to get Jesus in trouble with the Romans; get Him to advocate rebellion. In His clever answer, Jesus affirms paying taxes, but… ‘give back to God what is God’s’, what isn’t God’s? We are called to obey our…
The surgeon’s knife
SCRIPTURE: Mark 12:1-12 When God speaks, it cuts into our hearts, exposing and challenging and healing us (2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12). Jesus is the Voice (Word) of God, and what He says cuts deep, like a surgeons scalpel. The point of this story is a challenge, exposing their sinful, selfish hearts, how they are resisting God. “They knew…
Playing games with Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Mark 11:27-33 Play games with Jesus, and you will lose. The religious leaders had interrogated Jesus many times, they were not interested in His answers. Jesus knows their hearts, He knows they are already against Him and determined to eliminate Him. He answers their question with a ‘trick’ question, they know it and refuse to…
The kind of prayer God supports!
SCRIPTURE: Mark 11:20-26 Prayer is not a technique to get something from God; it is a personal relationship. When we are bonded with someone in love, we work together and support each other. If one person moves, the other moves with them; they decide and work together. Jesus is partnering with God in a close, personal…
Arming myself in the Lord!
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 57 (You can read the story behind this Psalm in 1 Samuel 24). David is afraid, he is in danger, he is under pressure, he is under attack… and he prays this prayer. He is hiding himself in God when life gets overwhelming. He is confident that God will help and rescue him, so he pushes…
2 Chronicles 8-12
SCRIPTURE: 2 Chronicles 8-12 What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER
Created for good works!
SCRIPTURE: Mark 11:12-19 This is not an isolated account of Jesus being ornery because He is hungry. Mark ties this story together with what happens in the temple to show what Jesus was doing. A barren fig tree was a powerful cultural symbol for the Jews, a sign of God’s judgment: “I will ruin her vines…
The Lord needs you too!
SCRIPTURE: Mark 11:1-11 The Lord needs you, will you let Him use you? As the Messiah, Jesus is on a mission to restore God’s world. In the process He welcomes others to partner with Him in fulfilling that mission. All that we have, all that we are, can be used to help restore God’s world. Even…
Let the sinners come to me!
SCRIPTURE: Mark 10:46-52 Someone desperately wants Jesus’ help and mercy, but he is rebuked and silenced. I sense this still happens today; most people sense their need for hope and help, but the church has hindered them. We put up barriers, we tell them to be quiet, to dress up, to change, to become like us,…