Tag: Bible
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A quiet heart (2 Chr 22-23; 2 Kin 11; Ps 131; Matt 8)
There’s a lake near where I live that is stunning. In the background you can sometimes see Muckish mountain, sometimes the water is rough, other times it is so calm that the hills and even the clouds reflect in it. If your heart was a lake, what would it look like? I imagine that for…
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Do not judge (2 Kings 9-10; Psalm 49; Matt 7)
“Do not judge” – this must be one of the most loved and most quoted Bible verses! Whereas in the past it would have been John 3:16, now everyone loves saying “do not judge”. But what was Jesus actually getting at when he said “do not judge”? As with all Scripture, we need to read…
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Do not be anxious (2 Kings 7-8; 2 Chr 21; Matt 6)
I love Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:25-34. What peace He offers to a world full of trouble and anxiety. If only we would listen! It’s so easy to get caught up in worry and anxiety. I remember talking to someone who said it was hard to have to learn to stand on their own two…
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Why is grace so hard to accept? (2 Kings 4-6; Matt 5)
Naaman was really unwell, he had a form of leprosy, an awful skin disease. In his house he had a servant girl from Israel. She had been taken captive, but amazingly God worked in her life so that she loved her enemy (something Jesus commands in Matthew 5). She sought good for the man who…
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Secure in Christ (2 Kings 2-3; Ps 48; Matt 4)
Have you explored and meditated on the security that Jesus offers? Psalm 48 invites us to do just that. It’s a Psalm that praises God for who He is, how great He is, and how great His place is. The Psalmist invites to walk around and see (v12). When God is your God, you don’t…
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Where to turn in trouble? (2 Chr 19-20; 2 Kin 1; Ps 20; Matt 3)
Where do you turn when trouble comes? Jehoshaphat was afraid, it’s not surprising 3 of the superpowers of the day were coming against him in battle! (2 Chronicles 20). What did he do with his fear? He set his face to seek the LORD. He turned towards the LORD and not away from him. He…
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Be gentle (1 Kin 15; 2 Chr 13-14; Titus 3)
What has happened to gentleness? I think it’s something that today’s world would benefit from greatly! There are plenty of people who are polite on the surface, but cross them and they explode! What has happened to gentleness? We are supposed to be a tolerant society, but try disagreeing with those who say we should…
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What’s the point? (Ecc 10-12; 2 Tim 4)
What’s the point? Why keep going? Solomon wrestled with these questions 3000 years ago as he wrote “vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” As we have seen this means life is like a vapour or mist that disappears, if you try and grab hold of it, it just disappears faster. How can we make sense…
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Isn’t Scripture out of date? (Eccl 7-9; Ps 46; 2 Tim 3)
“Times have changed” someone might say, the Bible is out of date with our culture. What would you say? Yesterday we heard the need to guard our steps as we come to worship, the need to listen to God (Ecclesiastes 5). Today we fast-forward 1000 years and discover the Apostle Paul makes a similar warning…
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Guard your steps (Eccl 4-6; Ps 125; 2 Tim 2)
My wife hates bananas! If I decided I wanted to show Dorothy how much I love her, I wouldn’t buy her a bunch of bananas! If I did, it would show that either I didn’t know her or just didn’t care what she thought. Sometimes when it comes to worship, people don’t think about what…
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