Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Tuesday 12 June
1 Kings 17: 1-6; Ps 121; Matthew 5: 1-12 “Blessed are they..” The Beatitudes are among the most beautifully expressed of Christ’s teachings, and are central to of his message of eternal life; they give substance to his promise of his kingdom, and the means of our admission to it. Lord, as I meditate on […]
Friday 8 June
2 Timothy 3: 7-10; Ps 119A; Mark 12:35-37 Enlightenment from the Holy Spirit Just as the Holy Spirit's identification of the Christ – the Messiah – as being King David's son (i.e. descendant and rightful successor) gave those listening great joy, his presence and action in our lives continues to awaken and nurture our faith. […]
Thursday 7 June
2 Timothy 2: 8-15; Ps 25; Mark 12:28-34. “As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be” Although there is no point in attempting to guess what heaven is like, because we don’t have the means to see what God has prepared for us, our faith helps us realize that it is […]
Saturday 2 June
Jude 17:20-25; Ps 63; Mark 11:27-33 “God's authority trancends all others” Accepting God's authority in all things, requires us to put our faith and trust in him. There is no need to question him, as God is love, and through him all things were made and all sins are forgiven. Rather than insult him with […]
Doubts
We are all assailed by doubts from time to time. They grow in my soul like weeds. At first I hardly notice them, and before you know they have grown to a size that they are hard to pull out. I know who puts them there – my black guardian imp! For example, the thought […]
Friday 1 June
St Justin 1 Peter 4:7-13; Ps 96; Mark 11:11-26 “Be not afraid., I go before you always.” The popularised “end of the world” is depicted as an event without hope. Maybe this sells movies, but hopelessness is contrary to the promise of God’s kingdom. St Peter, Christ’s rock, tells us to be clear-minded and self-controlled […]
Friday 18 May
Acts 18:9-18, Ps 47, John 16:20-23 A person of integrity and faith Paul emulated Jesus. He was a man of integrity and faith. Edwina Gately suggests that Jesus “ … refused to be bought by the political and religious system of his time, he was faithful to the call of compassion and justice deep within […]
Sunday 6 May
Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:26-31, Ps 22, 1 John 3:18-24, John 15:1-8 Practice opening your heart I watched an extended whanau at the estuary. The tide was high. Water flowed swiftly around an old concrete plinth. Young people swam out to the plinth, climbed to the top and then leapt out in faith and […]
A Joyful Faith
Some us us tend to look askance at the Pentecostal Christians with all their arm waving, clapping and hallelujahs. It all seems a little too demonstrative. Perhaps religion should be a more solemn business. But think again. In the Old Testament worship was a joyous thing. In so many of the psalms they are singing […]
Thursday 26 April
St Mark the Evangelist 1 Peter 5:5-14; Ps 89; Mark 16:15-20 Example for a disciple The words, “You will have to suffer only for a little while,” are a helpful key for understanding Mark the Evangelist. Jesus, for Mark, is a suffering Messiah, and so, as his disciples, we too will have to suffer the […]
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