Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on May 3rd, 2009
Hi Paul in this passage is keen to exhort Timothy to greater things- 2 Timothy 1v7 7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. The time is coming when the church must fan into the flame its gifts and to be prepared to: […]
Posted in POEMS on Apr 26th, 2009
Every day I speak with people the topic of busyness inevitably comes up. Are we becoming too busy for own good, for our own God? If we desire to see God move, if we desire to see the Spirit rekindle and relight our churches, then we need to make the first move. The first move […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Apr 19th, 2009
Hi All One of the aspects of the Gospels we see again and again is that Jesus upturns the expectations in this passage “thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike ” We need to re-recognise the need for humility in the sight of our God, […]
Posted in Nehemiah, Poems Old Testament on Apr 14th, 2009
Hi All Nehemiah teaches us many lessons about how communities can function when they work together shoulder to shoulder, side by side, for the common good, putting aside agendas and seeing a bigger picture. Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, we won’t know the final completion of the good work began in us until the […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Easter, Poems Old Testament on Apr 8th, 2009
As we approach Easter Friday Isaiah 53 which predates the death of Christ by some 800 years gives a poignant account of what the Suffering Servant must go through. The harshness of the imagery in The Passion of the Christ also should give us pause and may we take the opportunity this Easter to re-commit and […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Easter, Poems New Testament on Apr 7th, 2009
I can only but imagine the scene when Jesus tells the disciples in the Upper Room that one of them is going to betray him. The turmoil it must of caused, the consternation, each of the disciples looking at the others sideways. I am not sure if they picked the one who did betray […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Easter, Poems New Testament on Apr 6th, 2009
We live in a world where looking after number 1 is the first priority. Jesus shows us a different way. Jesus was prepared to be a servant but still understood his rightful place as head of the table, but didn’t exploit that authority. As we get closer to Easter Friday may we consider again the […]
Posted in Poems - Easter on Apr 5th, 2009
As we come into Easter Week each day I will have a poem from John 13. This powerful chapter set in the Upper Room as Jesus and the disciples celebrate Passover has many powerful messages starting with Jesus demonstrating the leadership model for the Church – that of servant leadership, one which the disciples struggled […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Mar 29th, 2009
Hi All In this time it is so easy to be focussed on finances and on ensuring we get through as well as possible. Yet I wonder if this pulls us away, distracts us from hearing God. Do we want to lay hold of what Christ Jesus has laid hold for us. Part of […]
Posted in Poems Old Testament on Mar 22nd, 2009
Hi Isaiah 40 marks the beginning of the second part of Isaiah. Isaiah indicates to the exiles in Babylon that God can make a way to bring them back to Jerusalem. He calls upon them to recognise that their God is not unaware of their needs, their ways aren’t hidden from him and that their […]