Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jul 19th, 2009
Often the last thing we feel like is worshipping God when life seems a struggle, yet it should be the thing we do. The Psalmist is Psalm 29 calls us to Ascribe to the Lord the honour due him. As one of my favourite songs puts it “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Jul 12th, 2009
There are times when we all face storms whether they be physical, emotional, or spiritual. It is so easy to become afraid, to lose perspective. Various accounts in the Gospels share of how the disciples set out across the Sea of Galilee in a boat, 4 of the 12 were experienced fisherman, a storm blew […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Jul 5th, 2009
Hi All As much as we would like to sail through life without any issues that is not always going to happen. James exhorts us to count going through trials as great joy, which is often the last thing that awe consider when we are in the middle of them. What God does encourage us […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jun 28th, 2009
I am convinced that the more time we spend in God’s word the more we are able to comprehend his will for our lives. In this time when there is so much insecurity and uncertainty it should be that we are spending more time in the Bible, but the reality for many of us […]
Posted in Nehemiah, Poems Old Testament on Jun 21st, 2009
After 140 years the wall was being re-built Sanballat and Tobiah had a vested interest is not seeing this happen, a weak defenceless Jerusalem ensured they could continue to rob and plunder it. To someone looking from the outside in re-building the walls from essentially burnt rubble was a monumental task that didn’t look acheiveable. […]
Posted in Nehemiah, Poems Old Testament on Jun 7th, 2009
The rebuilding of the wall was truly a community effort, from different echelons of society, from different occupations, and different skill sets, every person had a part to play. 1 Cor 12 talks about how the church should function as a body, we often discuss in our churches the concept of every-member ministries. Nehemiah models many […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Jun 1st, 2009
In Revelation 3 John address messages to the seven churches – of these the one to Laodicea rings most true of where I see the Church in NZ. The time is now to become wholehearted in our reverence and desire to be God’s people to step away from our independent spirit, to recognise that the […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on May 24th, 2009
We live in a time of uncertainty, the Babylonian exiles were in a place not of their choosing and I can understand that they may well have had a sense of having a future that was without hope, that God had forgotten them. Sometimes we can come to this place as well. Jeremiah speaks into […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on May 17th, 2009
Hi All It is good to enjoy God’s creation, on Saturday I played Golf at Wairakei International Golf Course, and then in the Afternoon was on a boat cruise of Lake Taupo we live in such a beautiful country and it is good to give thanks to out God Psalm 8 – O […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on May 10th, 2009
Psalm 1 is one I continually find myself going back to – the imagery of the tree planted by rivers of water, and as I write this I am reminded of John 15 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you […]