Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in POEMS on Jan 11th, 2010
Psalm 139 is a Psalm I keep re-visiting. We have an all-knowing, all-seeing God, who is aware of our every thought, our every concern. Yet how often do we turn to him, how often do we seek his counsel. The one who created us, knew us before we were born. In 1994 I was in […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Jan 4th, 2010
Happy New Year. In many ways 2009 for many people was a year of constant running. The question is where were you running. Were you running towards God, or From God? In 1 Kings 19 we see how Elijah ran for 40 days out of fear of reprisals, even his life after destroying the prophets […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems Old Testament on Dec 20th, 2009
As Christmas nears, and I ponder billboards proclaiming there is no God on buses, and St Matthew’s in the City billboard and the rapid abyss into full scale secularism in New Zealand, I turn back to the message found in Isaiah 9. Unto us a child is born, a son is given – Emmanuel […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Dec 14th, 2009
It is all so easy to quickly read the account of the Birth of Christ in Luke 2. It is good to try and place ourselves in the story and wonder how the various characters felt, Joseph and Mary, The Shepherds, The Angels, The Wise Men, The Angels. Each of them must have experienced different […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Dec 6th, 2009
Hi The Shepherds were out in their fields by night and suddenly an Angel appears, the Glory of God shines around them. What were they feeling, Luke puts it in perspective for us “They were terrified” I think I would have been too! One of the themes of Luke is the upside-down nature of the […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Nov 30th, 2009
Hi All as Advent begins I am going to do a series on Luke 2 which is the gospel that has the most information on the birth and early life of Jesus – here is the first one Luke 2 vs. 1-7 The Birth of Jesus In Bethlehem In those days Caesar Augustus issued […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Nov 22nd, 2009
Over the weekend I was the pondering the Journey Mary and Joseph undertook from Nazareth to Jerusalem. It was a journey of about 80 miles and would have taken about 7 days. It would have been no easy journey for a heavily pregnant woman on the back of a donkey. I can imagine how tired, […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Nov 1st, 2009
Hi all With the events of the past week I have pondered what is Biblical Leadership? Clearly it is Servant Leadership. Jesus is our example. He came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. He demonstrated this again and again. He overturned the thinking […]
Posted in Poems New Testament on Oct 26th, 2009
Hi All John 13-17 are a series of chapters set around the last few days of Jesus’s life. In these he attempts to get through to his disciples that he is going to die, and he promises the Holy Spirit to them, they won’t be left as orphans. I believe that the person of the […]
Posted in Nehemiah, POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Oct 4th, 2009
Nehemiah again demonstrates the importance of being prepared, of being proactive when faced with threats from his enemies. We may not have a physical threat like Nehemiah and the people of Jerusalem had, but as I read the New Testament and chapters Like Romans 8 Talking about Powers and Principalities and 1 Peter 5 warning […]