Psalm: 2 Meditation: JonahIf only everyone wrote a psalm every time God delivered them from a dire situation of their own making. Here Jonah’s prayer of deliverance and thanks shows how God rescued him from the literal depths and gave him life again. He remembers the Lord's holy temple, a symbol of God’s presence and …
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Monday, April 18
Psalm: 57 Meditation Jonah: Why Jonah? Wasn’t he that rather depressing OT prophet who hated the Ninevites (Assyrians) generally regarded as the vilest of all people? As you know Jonah was thrown overboard (to save the rest on the ship – one life for the many) and was then swallowed by a “great” fish (let’s …
Wednesday, March 2
Psalms: 51, 95 Meditation Jonah: Jonah is a reluctant prophet. He did everything he could think of to avoid this calling from God to go to Nineveh. So, he ends up in the belly of a great fish and there “repents”. He is restored to the land, so the LORD came to Jonah “a second …
Thursday, October 21
Psalm: 144 Meditation Jonah: To say Jonah is a reluctant prophet is really an understatement. He gets his call from God to go to Nineveh. He hates, detests, and abhors the Ninevites (Assyrians). I can almost hear Jonah say to himself, “But I don’t want to…” Rather than to decline the offer, Jonah takes the …
Saturday, October 16
Psalms: 6, 8 Meditation Luke: We are going to examine fear .. again. Good! This scene is quite similar to Jonah’s story. Jonah “saved” all the men on his ship once they “fed him to the sharks” (great fish) and for 3 days Jonah had time to reflect. Ultimately, Jonah did not emerge from his …
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 …
Sunday, June 14
Psalm: 96 Meditation Nahum: This book reawakens the Book of Jonah. About a hundred years before, a reluctant Jonah brought warning of judgment to Nineveh whereupon these heathens repented of their evil ways and to Jonah’s dismay they were spared. Not so now. Nahum is here to announce judgment. Assyrian warriors were the vilest of …
Daily Bible Readings – Sunday, January 5, 2014
Prayer Psalm: 2 Prayer Point. It is easy to forget about the power of God when we watch news or read the papers. Psalm 2 reminds us that Jesus, the Anointed One, is on the throne. He is in control. Pray that these words might become real to us, that we might live in our world …
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Daily Bible Readings – Monday, April 1, 2013
Prayer Psalm: 66 Prayer Point. Psalm 66 invites us to “shout to joy to God!” and then proceeds to tell us the reasons why. “Come and see what God has done ...” and what follows is the story of God's rescue of Israel from slavery in Egypt. How has God saved you from a difficult …
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Daily Bible Readings – Wednesday, February 13, 2013 – Ash Wednesday
Prayer Psalm: 130 Prayer Point. We have created the oceans of pain and misery in this world. So how can we expect God to hear us when cry out for mercy? Because with God there is forgiveness. Follow Psalm 130 in prayer today by lifting up to God the pain of your life and brokenness of …
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