Today’s Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11. Psalm 34:4-6, 21-22. Matt. 6:7-15. “9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For just as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there but, to the contrary, saturate …
Lev.19:1-2,11-18 Ps 19:7-end Matt 25:31-endAre you a good neighbour? This morning’s reading from the Old Testament, on first glance seems very negative. I count twelve ‘do not’s’. The lectionary has also missed out verses 3 to 10, which would have added a few more! Leviticus 19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the entire assembly of …
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: Isaiah 58 : 1 – 9a; Psalm 51 : 1 – 5, 17, 18; Matthew 9 : 14,15 Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. …
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 Son of God, who is to …
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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, we discover that some of the …
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 gave birth to his brother Abel.Now …
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 forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed …
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 will make a helper suitable for …