Psalm: 81 Meditation Ephesians: “…even when we were dead through our trespasses…” (v. 4) It is a pity we have fixed in our heads what that phrase means. Clearly, Paul and everyone else at that time were ‘alive’. Now when God warned Adam against eating the “forbidden fruit”, it seems to me Adam had no …
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Saturday, April 9
Psalm: 25 Meditation John: This is the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This event prefigures Jesus’ own resurrection with one glaring difference: Jesus will rise from the dead with a “glorious” body whereas Lazarus would one day die again. The unbelievers were present here as well to mock Jesus “Could he not…?’, …
Wednesday, January 5
Psalms: 114, 125 Meditation John: The vine and the vinedresser. Jesus tells us that the Father does the pruning. He must know what He is doing; when I prune a plant it dies. I don’t know how to prune. Because pruning involves cutting it is reasonable to think the process will be painful – but, …
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