Daily Update #314
Today’s Reading: 18 ‘Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.19 Woe to him who says to …
Daily Update #313
Habakkuk Chapter 2: verses 15-17 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbours,pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,so that he can gaze on their naked bodies.You will be filled with shame instead of glory.Now it is your turn! Drink and be exposed!The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming round …
Daily Update #312
Habakkuk 2:12-14 12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice! 13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people’s labour is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing? 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the …
Daily Update #311
Habakkuk 2:9-11 Loud Stones Today we continue through Habakkuk with the second of the five woes in chapter 2, which are part of God’s reply to the prophet’s plea for justice. 9 ‘Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin!10 You have plotted the ruin of …
Sermon from the Garden – 11th July 2021
Sermon by Revd. Matt Luff, recorded in the garden at St. John’s Church.
Daily Update #310
Pause: “The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name – he is holy.”Psalm 99: 1 – 3 Reading: ‘See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires …
Daily Update #309
Today’s Reading: 2 Then the Lord replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though …
Daily Update #308
I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower,and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Habakkuk 2:1 Wherever, I like to walk towards the sun, or with a breeze in my face. Actually I don’t much mind a stronger wind …
Daily Update #307
Habakkuk 1:12-17 Habakkuk’s Second Complaint 12 Lord, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will never die.You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?14 You …
Daily Update #306
Habakkuk 1:7-11The strength and speed of the Babylonian army.Today’s reading continues from last week with a description of the Babylonian army.7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honour.8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk.Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar.They fly like an …