Psalm: 24 Meditation: ActsHere we learn how Sunday observances were held by the early church. Their observance had prayer, preaching, teaching, eating and communion. This continued during the night and one of the young men fell out of a high window and was pronounced dead. Paul performed a miracle and brought him back to life. …
Tag: Prayer
Friday, September 23
Psalm: 88 Meditation: MattWhy is the Lord’s prayer prefaced by warnings of how not to pray? The Lord’s Prayer starts with the term “Our Father”. Can you imagine calling the all knowing God of the universe Daddy, in a society that wouldn’t pronounce or spell God’s name lest you violate the third commandment. If God …
Monday, April 11
Psalm: 26 Meditation Jeremiah: Jeremiah’s prayer here opens much like Psalm 73 – the wicked thrive whereas the righteous do not. The people of his own hometown threaten to kill him if he continues to prophesy in the LORD’s name. Jesus endured the same threat of death while preaching in Nazareth (Luke 4). God promises …
Saturday, January 15
Psalm: 45 Meditation Ephesians: So, this is a prayer. I can tell because Paul said, “I bow my knees…” (v. 14) He is praying for his hearers (and in our case his readers) “that you may have power to comprehend… and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be …
Tuesday, November 23
Psalm: 38 Meditation Habakkuk: Habakkuk shares with us a magnificent prayer. This guy has an enviable relationship with God; I wish I could pray as eloquently. Remember, this is a personal prayer – it may not have been in the message intended for Judah (and us). Habakkuk, unlike most prophets, (an official of the state …
Tuesday, August 10
Psalm: 26 Meditation Acts: John and Peter would go to the Temple at the time of prayer (about 3 in the afternoon). As they walked on, a paralytic lay near the “Beautiful Gate” asking alms of the passersby. Peter caught the man’s eye and told him that he and John had no gold and then …
Sunday, July 25
Psalms: 40, 52 Meditation Mark: Consider a couple of things: 1) the faith of those who carried/accompanied this unfortunate man, and 2) how ugly legalism looks up close or even in the heart. “When Jesus saw their faith…” (v.5) I see nothing here referring to the faith status of the paralytic but of those who …
Saturday, February 20
Psalm 30, 32 Meditation: John – Unity. It’s such a small word that means so much in the context of our relationships with God and other believers. Jesus gives us the aim of complete unity with one another as Jesus and the Father are unified. This is the last prayer, according to John, before Jesus’ …
Wednesday, February 17
Ash Wednesday Psalm 95 Meditation: Luke –Whether you hold to the traditional Christian calendar or not, the purpose of Lent is to remind us of our need for a Savior and the cost that our Savior needed to pay for us. The tax collector in the parable has a truly Lenten spirit. And as we …
Jesus Fixes Broken People
Craft Ideas Read Mark 1:21-34 The reading has a lot of different broken people. What do we do with broken things? Have you ever had something that broke? What happened? Usually, if it is inexpensive we throw it away - if worth a lot we try to fix it. Right? Do we see Jesus throwing people away or fixing them? How …
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