Psalm: 102 Meditation Mark: The question of fasting came up. Unfortunately, today’s church eschews this ancient practice, perhaps because we don’t appreciate its significance. Jesus fasted for 40 days as His ministry begin. The purpose of fasting is to clear out our minds of such earthly concerns as hunger. The Scripture limits fasting to but …
Tag: Hunger
Monday, September 14
Psalm: 64 Meditation Matthew: The three temptations described here are but types of temptations: carnal hunger, bad faith, and power. Let’s be clear Jesus, like us, had been tempted each and every day and perhaps more than once a day while in the desert. Which was the worst temptation? – hard to say. When Jesus …
Fasting
There is a dramatic scene at the end of the book of Jonah where an entire city, the city of Nineveh, is confronted with the news that God is about to destroy them. How do they respond to impending judgment? They declare a fast. The king decrees that no one, not even their animals, is …
Wednesday, March 25
Psalm: 119:73-96 Meditation John: Much of Jesus’ life mirrors the life of Moses such as at the time Moses prays for God to send the Israelites' food. That food, from heaven, took the form of “manna” (translated: “what is this stuff?”) Here Jesus is telling these descendants of Moses that He is the bread that …
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