Psalm 20 Meditation: Hebrews – Somewhere along the line, our culture decided that rest equals laziness. Haw you ever been physically or mentally exhausted but couldn’t allow yourself to rest because there’s something else you could be doing? This is not God’s plan for us. God commanded us to rest because our bodies, which God …
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Friday, January 15
Psalm 17 Meditation: John – This is Jesus’ first open miracle. He mentions that his time has not yet come. It’s also mentioned that after this first revelation of his glory, his disciples believed in him. If the disciples didn’t believe in Jesus before seeing the clear water turn into drinkable wine, why were they …
Saturday, April 11
Holy Saturday Psalms: 95, 88 Meditation Job: For a limited time, Job’s life was fraught with misery. In chapters 1-2 Job went from sublime prosperity and progeny (he had 10 adult children) and in the course of a day he lost it all. Job’s attitude? “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.” (1:21) …
Friday, March 6
Psalm: 31, 95 Meditation Deuteronomy: This passage is rife with “fear”. I hope we all know that this type of “fear” is borne of deep knee bending respect and not a form of terror of which God is so often falsely accused. Too much today, respect (fear) for God is more in the nature of …
Thursday, March 5
Psalm: 22 Meditation Hebrews: The recurring word of this passage is “Today”. C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters reminds us that God is a God of “Today”. No one has the promise of tomorrow but what you do have is today. Jesus once spoke of the rich man who rebuilt barns to house all his …
