Daily Meditations on the Bible
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Summary: Happy Thanksgiving! I hope and pray that your day today is blessed beyond all reasonable measure.
Continue reading “Psalm 100:4 — Happy Thanksgiving!”
He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
Summary: Fathers are like belly buttons: everybody has one. Today we consider what defines the ideal father.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:17 — God the Father”
I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.
Perhaps you have been wondering why Jesus would be praying like he is at this time? We have been told that it was not uncommon for Jesus to go off by himself to pray. Why this prayer here and now? Why pray where his disciples can hear him?
Todays’ verse gives us the answers to these questions. Jesus wants his disciples to hear him tell his Father about them. Is this a reasonable thing to do? It is if you are Jesus and you are more concerned about how your disciples feel that you are your own feelings.
Where you ever in a situation where someone was bragging on you to someone else that you cared about? When you were a child, did a teacher ever say something nice about your work in school to your parents when you were listening? Have you ever worked for someone who stood up for you or praised you in front of his boss or manager? How does that feel?
Continue reading “Affirmation – John 17: 13”The story of the birth of Jesus Christ is also the story of John the Baptist. The two men would be bound together in their service of God’s will. When Zechariah is finally able to speak again, Luke records his first words.
After stating, “His name is John,” Zechariah bursts into praise for God, and the praise he speaks tells us about who the coming Christ is and also what God promises through him.
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.’”
Like John the Baptist, Zechariah heralds the coming of Christ. It is interesting, too, how he phrases his prophecy.
‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,Continue reading “Zechariah’s Song”
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.’