Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Feb 7th, 2011
The book of Colossians is a powerful pastoral letter, Paul had never met the people of Colossae, but had good reports from others. Paul was in prison but this did not stop him writing or praying. In the introduction to this book, we again see Paul’s pastoral heart, his concern for his flock. Colossians […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Jan 24th, 2011
Gideon was appointed as a judge for a divine purpose. In this passage we how Faith is really spelt risk, Gideon took a physical camp in stealthily going down to the Midianite Camp, the forces arraigned against him were massive, he took a spiritual risk in believing in a way out there dream and […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Jan 6th, 2011
Life is a mixture to misquote Forrest Gump “Life isn’t a box of chocolates, you don’t know what you are going to get. It is a bit of a lolly mixture, some sour, some sweet, nor is it all happy or all sad, the reality is that we do go through seasons. Ecclesiastes 3 […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas on Dec 20th, 2010
Hands up those who are over the commercialism and craziness of the build up to Christmas! I am looking forward to my home town of Blenheim in a couple of days, where there will be less humidity, less traffic, I am so looking to forward to being able to stop and reflect on the true […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Dec 6th, 2010
Imagine you are at work, whether it be in your office, road-marking, fixing someones plumbing, driving your tractor in the field, in the kitchen making a cup of tea, and a humongous angel appears to you and the Glory of the Lord shines around you, would you be a bit taken back, terrified, say Whoa […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Nov 29th, 2010
Hi All Advent is upon us, It is all too easy for the Birth of Christ to be passed by in the midst of getting wrapped up in all the other things which seem to happen throughout December, it should not be about presents, rather God’s presence on earth through the birth of his Son, […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Nov 18th, 2010
Hi, in recent weeks much of what I have been hearing is that first and foremost God desires that we are in relationship with him. To do this we need to spend time with him, i.e. wait upon him, seek his face, to desire like Mary the best thing, spending time listening to God. Proverbs […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Nov 1st, 2010
John 15 is a rich chapter, In these verses Jesus again re-emphasises the imperiative of love. Agape unconditional love which sticks with friends no matter what.. No greater love hath no man than this… to lay down his life.. Of course Jesus was going to do exactly this .. this was to be the night […]
Posted in POEMS on Oct 27th, 2010
My church has been working through E100 via Compass, I have been asked to summarise the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in poetic form – below is my attempt In the beginning God created humans and desired that they live in relationship to him, walking with him day by day He desired that they obey […]
Posted in Poems Old Testament on Oct 12th, 2010
Micah 6 is one of those chapters I find myself challenged by – verse 8 in particular calls me to consider how I walk before the Lord. I think we can easily be blase about seeing God just as Abba Father, he is far more than that, he is a God to be worshipped, a […]