Psalm: 45 Meditation: MattWhy are human beings so concerned with their own future or events to come? After using examples that people used in ancient times to determine planting or harvest times, Jesus points out that there wasn’t any way or anyone that could accurately predict the end of time. Many of the wars, plagues, …
Tag: Harvest
Thursday, February 24
Psalm: 106 Meditation Ruth: A subtext to this passage is the practice of gleaning. In Deuteronomy 24:19-21 the LORD commands harvesters not to pick crops clean but rather to allow the poor, the widow, and the stranger to “glean” the leftover crop. (A form of welfare.) Boaz had made it clear that Ruth was to …
Patience
Listen. Listen to the prerecorded Children’s Message together.You can find it at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall Review What does a farmer need to be a good farmer?[Hint to parents: a farmer needs patience, because he has to wait patiently for the seeds to grow and for the rains to come at the right time.] Why is it hard …
Tuesday, May 19
Psalm: 78:1-39 Meditation James: Most people, at this time (in Jeru-salem) were either agrarian, fishermen, or merchants. The “first fruits” James speaks of are the very early believers who were a promise of a greater harvest yet to come. The birth spoken of in v. 18 is the one “born of the Spirit” the regeneration …
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