Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
… with all kinds of prayers and requests.
Summary: All who believe are called to be part of the body of Christ. As Paul reminds us, there are many different parts in the body. All of us need the armor of God, and all of us have questions.
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:18c – Request Granted”… on all occasions
Summary: Praying in the Spirit might be okay when we are at home in a quiet room or garden, but how do we pray that way when we are on the run?
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:18b – Keeping In Step”And pray in the Spirit …
Summary: The voice of God is a still, quiet voice that comes to us in the night or the quiet of our prayers. Discerning the voice of God is a personal challenge that confronts every Christian who has the Spirit of God in them.
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:18a – The Inner Voice”And pray in the Spirit …
Summary: How we see ourselves “inside” has a lot to do with how we see God at work in our lives. Like we understand the parts of our bodies, we also need to understand the parts of our invisible selves.
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:18a – The Inner Eye”And pray in the Spirit …
Summary: If we are to pray in the Holy Spirit, we need to have the Holy Spirit in us. How that happens is a simple process, but “simple” is not always easy.
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:18a – Doing What Is Right”And pray in the Spirit …
Summary: People are like icebergs. What you “see” is the flesh and bones that make up our physical body. What you don’t see is the infinite range of emotions, thoughts and experiences in the invisible realm of the mind and spirit.
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:18a – Iceberg”When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart …
Summary: Paul’s instruction about the “sword of the Spirit” is not simply a metaphor. In this story from the Book of Acts we see an example of this sword in action.
Continue reading “Acts 2:36-37 – Brothers, what shall we do?”It is written …
Summary: In today’s meditation, we revisit Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Our first visit was titled “Potshots” and discussed how Jesus’ faith protected him from the evil one. Jesus never takes his eyes of his Father’s will. In today’s meditation we look at Luke’s telling of this story and examine how Jesus used the “sword of the Spirit which is the word of God” to defend against the devil’s arrows.
Continue reading “Luke 4:4 – It Is Written”… and divides the mind and spirit …
Summary: The reason for the sword of the Spirit is to separate our mind from our spirit. Only when we are cut free from the mind’s machinations can our spirit see its need for Jesus.
Continue reading “Hebrews 4:12 – Mind and Spirit”… and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Summary: Comparing Paul’s spiritual “sword of the Spirit” to a physical sword of metal yields some interesting insights.
Continue reading “Ephesians 6:17b – No Joke”