Eve of Epiphany Psalm 2 Meditation: Jonah – Jonah spent three days and nights inside the fish by the time he prays this prayer. This is Jonah’s prayer of repentance. We don’t know what happened for all of that time inside the fish but three days of total solitude in darkness will do a number …
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Going Deeper: September 27
Read Psalm 139 together. If you missed the sermon on Sunday, you can watch it here: pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall Listen. What does Psalm 139 have to tell us about the joys of being known and loved by God? Why do we fear being known by God? How can we overcome this fear? Respond. David interrupts Psalm 139 …
Finding God in the Big, Beautiful World
Listen. If you missed the Children’s Message on Sunday, you can listen to a recording of it here: http://www.pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall starting Monday. Review If you get to know a musician by listening to their music, and a carpenter by looking at what they build, or a dancer by watching them dance, what is one way that …
Going Deeper: September 20
Read Psalm 104 together. If you missed the sermon on Sunday, you can watch it here: pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall Listen. Psalm 104 directs us to encounter God by meditating on his Creation. What does the Creation say about God’s qualities? How does God care for his Creation? What does that say to us? Respond. If Psalm 104 …
Going Deeper: September 13
Read Psalm 88 together. If you missed the sermon on Sunday, you can watch it here starting on Monday: pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall Listen. Psalm 88 is a prayer for someone whose faith in the God who saves is confronted by experiences that seem to indicate that God has abandoned them. What does Psalm 88 say to us …
Trees
Listen. Listen to the pre-recorded Children’s Message together. You can find it at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall Review What did Pastor Nate find amazing about trees? [Activity: Go outside with the kids and see how many different kinds of trees you can find. Make a list of these trees. What are their leaves like? What is their bark …
Gospel Meditation
The difference between knowing about God and knowing God is transformation. If simply collecting information about God changed us, then James would not have written: James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder. Satan and his demons certainly have amassed information about God, but they …
Listen. Obey. Share.
Jesus tells a tale of two home builders at the end of the Sermon on the Mount. A wise builder constructs his house on a foundation of stone while the foolish contractor builds his on sand. The homes are indistinguishable until the storms come and you know what happened. The house built on sand is …
Read until your Heart gets hot
I learned something the other day that might help those of us who struggle with keeping a routine of reading the Bible. Here is my rough paraphrase of a talk Tim Keller gave to a group of pastors ... Read slowly. Chew on the passages that grab your attention. Read until your heart gets hot and …
Bible reading for those enjoy who reading slowly
When it comes to reading the Bible, I've noticed that we tend to fall in one of three camps. Some like to read quickly and read larger portions of Scripture in context. Others like to meander slowly the Bible and stop to savor the details and nuances of each verse. There's a final group, where …
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