Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Summary: There is one more surprise in this first part of the Lord’s Prayer. I would tell you what it is, but then, it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it? 🙂
Continue reading “Matthew 6:9-10 – Postscript”You are the light of the world.
Summary: The Bible teaches us about our spiritual nature, yet even though we are being taught, it is hard to understand.
Continue reading “Matthew 5:14 – My Two Selves”You are the salt of the earth.
Summary: This saying requires some thought. In our modern culture, we take salt for granted. Yet, intuitively we understand that salt is necessary for physical life just as Jesus is necessary for eternal life.
Continue reading “Matthew 5:13 – Game Changer”No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven…
Summary: Asking questions about the Bible often opens the door to new insights. In this meditation, we look at what it meant to be dead before Jesus had gone back to heaven. What we found might surprise you.
Continue reading “John 3:13 – Waiting For Jesus”… on earth as it is in heaven.
Summary: Jesus compares earth and heaven in a way that only he can. It is a teaching moment that illuminates who Jesus is as well as where he is from.
Continue reading “Matthew 6:10 – Boloney!”… what you would have them do to you…
Summary: Figuring out why God wants us to love him above all else isn’t hard but it does require some humility.
Continue reading “Matthew 7:12 – Love”And what does the Lord require of you?
Summary: History offers us a choice of following man-made rules or following God. It is wise to choose God even when we seem to be breaking the rules.
Continue reading “Micah 6:8 – Rules”And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
Summary: As we blindly stumble through our spiritual surroundings, God speaks to us in quiet ways. Learning to recognize his voice is a challenge worth accepting.
Continue reading “1 Kings 19:12 – The Sound of God’s Voice”All people are like grass …
Summary: God doesn’t just tell us what to do and not do, he also takes the time to explain why it is important.
Continue reading “1 Peter 1:24 – Goats and Grass”He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
Summary: Life as a blind person is hard. Without our eyes, we are limited to the use of our other senses. Many blind people compensate in amazing ways, but there is no substitute for being able to see. When we realize we are spiritually blind it is easy to “see” our need for God.
Continue reading “Mark 8:23 – Lost and Found”