Introduction: A couple of weeks ago, amid the prayer prayed over Solomon at his induction, because of the Church Calendar and the Ascension of Jesus, I took a break from Psalms. On that occasion I wrote in the introduction “Solomon isn’t one of my favourite Bible heroes. He started well but ended up badly…..On theContinue reading “Psalm 72: 11-20….The prayer for Solomon continues.”
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Isaiah 33: 17-14….Does God expect us to use our brains?
Introduction: Thinking in a single plane (eg an x-y graph) and thinking with an added dimension (an x-y-z graph) makes the problem and the answer very different! We tend, as human beings, to easily forget that we live in a ‘space’ which is anything but a flat plane.We can easily remember the ups and downsContinue reading “Isaiah 33: 17-14….Does God expect us to use our brains?”
Isaiah 33: 1-12….Prepare for a reversal!
Introduction: Initially God speaks to Sennacherib the enemy who had conquered and destroyed Israel! (v1): This is followed by. a prayer by the people of Israel, the prayer results presumably because they have realized that they have made wrong decisions in not following Jehovah and so they plead with God for help. (v2): ‘The tumultuousContinue reading “Isaiah 33: 1-12….Prepare for a reversal!”
1 John 4: 1-6….The devil is very good at accents!
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and everyContinue reading “1 John 4: 1-6….The devil is very good at accents!”
Psalm 72: 1-11….Solomon’s Prayer.
Introduction: Solomon isn’t one of my favourite Bible heroes. He started well but ended up badly. ‘But no one is perfect’ I can hear you say, and certainly I’m not. On the positive side there are such things as this prayer for Solomon which certainly I find a blessing! The leaders prayed this prayer asContinue reading “Psalm 72: 1-11….Solomon’s Prayer.”
Luke 13: 10-17….Jesus in trouble again!
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from yourContinue reading “Luke 13: 10-17….Jesus in trouble again!”
Luke 10: 25-37….The Parable of the Good Samaritan.
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all yourContinue reading “Luke 10: 25-37….The Parable of the Good Samaritan.”
Colossians 1: 3-14….A packed Paragraph!
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the wordContinue reading “Colossians 1: 3-14….A packed Paragraph!”
Mars or Venus….Is the Bible Relevant?
From yesterday the Bible readings are those for today. Gal 3: 11-28; Col3: 5-13; Genesis 2: 18-22;I Peter 3: 1-7; 1 Cor 14: 33-35; Prov 31: 10-31. Considered in order, the context for each is about ‘salvation’, ‘sanctification’ ‘creation-Helpmeet’ ‘marriage’ ‘in church’ and an ‘overview’. And of course the wider context is all of scripture!Continue reading “Mars or Venus….Is the Bible Relevant?”
Isaiah 19: 11-17….Are leaders always wise?
11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish;the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.How can you say to Pharaoh,“I am a son of the wise,a son of ancient kings”?Where then are your wise men?Let them tell youthat they might know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.The princes of Zoan have becomeContinue reading “Isaiah 19: 11-17….Are leaders always wise?”
As I read it! 