Author: Jon

Daily Update #217

Pause: 25 Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ 27 ‘Yes, Lord,’ she replied, ‘I believe that you are the Messiah, the...

Daily Update #215

Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10. Today’s reading starts to look again at the world gone wrong. Last week, we read the familiar story of Adam, Eve and the serpent. Now we see that the people had begun to populate the earth. However, looking back to the verses before today’s reading,...

Daily Update #214

Genesis 4:1-15,25                   Psalm 50:1,8,16-end               Mark 8:11-13 It pays to read the Bible carefully! God’s perception is perfect, let us not forget it.4 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.’ 2 Later she...

Daily Update #213

Pause:  As we prepare to look at God’s Word let us quieten our minds, so that   his Holy Spirit may speak to us today. Readings:  Genesis 3 : 1 – 8;    Psalm 32 : 1 – 8;    Mark 7 : 31 – 37 “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are...

Daily Update #212

Pause: 13 For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 18 The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I...

Daily Update #211

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Daily Update #210

Today’s Readings:      Genesis 1:20-2:4.     Psalm 8.          Mark 7:1-15. “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the world.” (Psalm 8:1, 9). Today’s psalm is attributed to King David. It was described by that great commentator on the psalms, Derek Kidner, as “an unsurpassed example of what a hymn should...

Daily Update #209

It was so During lockdown I have found many things around my home, in plain sight, which I never noticed before. Most of these are, jobs to do, repairs to be made and many piles of various objects put to one side to be sorted. How easy it is...