Thoughts about my church And in you all the families of the earth Shall be blessed. Genesis 12:3 Read Matthew 8:5—13 Thoughts about my own church come crowding around me like the congregation itself when I read this about Jesus and a Gentile military man and a healing. Wouldn’t it be great to be…
The city of the great king I believe in the holy catholic church, The communion of saints. Apostles’ Creed Read Hebrews 12:18—24 To simplify: I have come to Jesus. And with him I have come to what the whole of the Bible promises, now fulfilled, the stories told through to their proper end, their…
God speaking For in him every one of God’s promises Is a ‘yes.’ 2 Corinthians 1:20 Read Deuteronomy 32:45—47; 33:1—4 All the words of God to me, any word of God to me, even one word of God to me, is a rich treasure. It is no trifling matter — what a phrase! It…
The next generation We will tell to the coming generation The glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might. Psalm 78:4 Read Deuteronomy 4:5—13 I read this, and I picture myself there at the place where God’s people received the Lord’s instruction. I see this as a gift for all Israel that was to…
Walking humbly with God That your way may be known on earth, Your saving power among all nations. Psalm 67:2 Read Micah 6:6—9 My life comes to me in a complex form, and I struggle to sort my priorities. I live among those who strive to fit everything in. It often amounts to too…
No other god The law indeed was given through Moses; Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 Read Exodus 20:1—7 How good of God to give himself to be my God. To call me out of the house of slavery. Because I am apt to my particular forms of slavery. How good…
My whole being exalts Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of his glory. Isaiah 6:3 Read Isaiah 61:10—11 My active day is finished. The things I’ve done still lurk somewhere in my mind, and some still seek my attention. There’s nothing wrong in that. It’s all quite…
The first sign of the last thing As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10 Read John 2:1-11 I’m at a wedding tonight. Jesus’ first sign was at a wedding. That’s appropriate because his favourite picture of the kingdom is a wedding banquet,…
The Son’s inheritance Blessed are the eyes That see what you see. Luke 10:23 Read Luke 10:21—24 When my own father was alive, if you had gone to his house you would have knocked at the door and waited. But I did not. I went straight in. I was my father’s son. If you…
The Father is in me and I am in the Father I was daily his delight, Rejoicing before him always. Proverbs 8:30 Read John 10:31—38 Blasphemy! Jesus, threatened with death by stoning! Blasphemy, the charge for which he was crucified.[1] I have lived days in which I have heard plenty of blasphemy, too, and…