Psalm: 119:145-176 Meditation: MarkHow often did individuals presume to know what the scriptures meant and the priorities of God? Here we see both the pharisees and Jesus’s own disciples doing this but for different reasons. In both cases Jesus goes to the heart of the matter and His Father’s preference. For both the Pharisees and …
Tag: Nature
Saturday, March 18
Psalm: 95 Meditation: MarkMark includes many miracles and allusions here. The miracles show Jesus’s mastery of nature and matter. We see parallels with the miracles that Moses did in the desert. The disciples hadn’t understood feeding the 5000 and after fighting a storm for 8 or 9 hours weren’t in any condition to be anything …
Wednesday, September 7
Psalm:119:49-72 Meditation: 1 KingsHow many miracles are in this short passage? Here God shows His knowledge and command over nature, creatures, matter, sickness and life itself. Elijah’s presence and words are a witness to Israel and other lands of the power of the one true God and His ability to sustain those that follow and …
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 …
Thursday, September 9
Psalm: 77 Meditation Job: These sentences capture all the praise, joy, happiness of Psalm 88 (take a look). This must be a recurring cycle in everyone’s life. Job speaks casually of death. Most people are afraid to die and avoid all mention of death. Today, we use euphemisms to avoid both the word and reality …
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 …
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