SCRIPTURE: Matthew 14:13-21 OBSERVATIONS Both Herod and Herodias desperately want to get rid of this voice of conviction, how John – who speaks as a voice of conscience – is silenced. People do this all the time, ignoring God’s built in warning system (conscience) designed to keep us from harm. The Holy Spirit speaks through the…
Category: daily meditations
He is willing, am I?
February 4, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:53-58 OBSERVATIONS Jesus discovers that even His own friends, the people He grew up with, can’t handle His message. They just can’t accept that someone from their ordinary town, from a very ordinary family, could be God’s Messiah. Their attitude toward Jesus made out difficult for Him to perform miracles among…
To see and hear God everywhere!
February 3, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Psalm 19 OBSERVATIONS Everything around us affirms the goodness and the greatness of God. The universe is like a book, or a billboard, or a loudspeaker, pointing us to God. I think this is what is behind the Design Theory, that behind the amazing design of the Universe there is, there has…
Leviticus 21-27
February 1-2, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 21-27 OBSERVATIONS What do you notice in this passage? APPLICATION What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER
do I want to be a good fish?
January 31, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:47-52 OBSERVATIONS What Jesus initiates (taking back the throne of creation for God and humanity) has happened, and everyone is caught up in it; God’s kingdom is expansive and inclusive! Only at the end will the separation occur, when the good fish (ie those that reveal good hearts and good lives)…
the kingdom… priceless!
January 30, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:44-46 OBSERVATIONS Jesus describes the new order He is establishing – a world of selfless love, seeking God and God’s kind of world first, living with integrity and generosity, loving even our enemies… how valuable is this kind of life to you, to me? would I be willing to give up…
good seed in a bad world?
January 29, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:36-43 OBSERVATIONS Jesus is the good seed planter, and His followers (not the message but those who believe and live the message) are the good seed; the bad seed are the people who live for self and sin and “who do evil”. God allows those who do good to live and…
mustard seed conspiracy
January 28, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:31-35 OBSERVATIONS Jesus compares His message with a tiny seed, or with yeast, so small yet with so much potential. The kingdom of God – God’s system of government in creation under God-like humans – seems weak, small, even pathetic compared to the power systems of this world. As we join…
ordinary, extraordinary praise
January 27, 2013 SCRIPTURE: Psalm 18 OBSERVATIONS God has helped David in a big way, and David writes this song in response. We know of several times when God protected David from King Saul, this was written after one of them. Imagine a situation in your life where God intervenes in an amazing, miraculous or dramatic…
do you know who this is?
Last Friday was Robbie Burns Day, and I was gently rebuked by my Scottish brethren for not knowing who this man is. To my surprise, he is the writer of Auld Lang Syne!!! Well, looks like I am going to have to familiarize myself with this renowned Scottish poet. I looked up some of his…