November 9-10, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Genesis 32:1-37:1 OBSERVATIONS What do you notice in this passage? APPLICATION What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER
Category: daily meditations
simple prayer (2)
November 8, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:9-15 OBSERVATIONS 1. This prayer is so familiar, it’s hard to make new observations. What stands out again to me is the brevity and simplicity of this prayer. Just the facts. God doesn’t need the commentary. Could I present a request in one sentence?
simple prayer (1)
November 7, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:5-8 OBSERVATIONS 1. Jesus also challenges public praying for attention, and calls us to go into a private place. Not sure what He meant by a closet… my closet would not be big enough… though some peoples walk in closets are bigger than my bed room… but I assume He meant…
audience of One
November 6, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:1-4 OBSERVATIONS 1. So what is the difference between letting your light shine before men so that they may see our good deeds and glorify God (Ephesians 5:16) and practicing your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them (Matthew 6:1)? Whenever I find a ‘contradiction’ like this, I assume the…
do I really want to love like this?
November 5, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:43-48 OBSERVATIONS 1. The command to love your neighbour is in Leviticus19:18, but there is no command in the OT Law requiring people to hate their enemies. It may have become part of the teaching of the elders based on the psalms (Psalm 139:21), and certainly seems natural for a people who…
strong in the Lord
November 4, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Psalm 6 OBSERVATIONS 1. David is wrestling in prayer with God and with his adversaries. He pleads with God for relief, explains how warn out he is from groaning, then he yells at his adversaries, warning them that God is going to intervene. Publicly he is bold and standing firm, but privately…
Matthew 8:18-22
November 29, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 8:18-22 OBSERVATIONS What do you notice in this passage? APPLICATION What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER
Genesis 25:19-31:55
November 2-3, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Genesis 25:19 – Genesis 31:55 OBSERVATIONS What do you notice in this passage? APPLICATION What do you sense the Lord saying to you? PRAYER
kindness to the max!!!
November 1, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:38-42 OBSERVATIONS 1. The idea of ‘eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth’ was not original to the Law of Moses (Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20, Deuteronomy 19:21), it was also found in other legal codes of the day (check out the Code of Hammurabi). Also known as lex talionis (law of retaliation), it…
hollow words
October 31, 2012 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:33-37 OBSERVATIONS 1. Jesus may be referring to Deuteronomy 23:21 or Numbers 30:2, both about the serious of keeping oaths once made. Originally people would reinforce their words with the weight of something solid and reliable (Jesus gives some examples of things people would use), but over time these oaths themselves became empty…