Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
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 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 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 […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Mar 8th, 2009
Hi, A break from Nehemiah to Isaiah 55. Isaiah was calling the Israelites back from captivity in Babylon, and at the same time calling to a place of repentance. I have been wrestling with this chapter for a number of years and am convinced in light of the current economic times that now more than […]
Posted in Nehemiah, POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Jan 18th, 2009
Continuing in Nehemiah we see the earnestness of Nehemiah’s Prayer. Nehemiah didn’t just pray once – he prayed for four months I can see elements of ACTS type prayer in what he prays, there is Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication in what he does. Salvationists know about William Booth’s tenet of Knee Drill, to get down on […]
Posted in Nehemiah, Poems Old Testament on Jan 7th, 2009
Nehemiah is one of the Old Testament Books I keep going back to it has much to offer. Not only can Nehemiah teach us much about the need for prayer for our nation but also about when prayer coupled with planning can result in a way forward. Without a vision the church perishes, equally it […]
Posted in Poems Old Testament on Nov 27th, 2008
How do we hear the voice of God? Partly it is as stated in previous posts meditating upon the word, and seeking understanding. It is also by being prepared to listen for God. As much as we would like God to speak to us in ways that are visible like winds, storms, earthquakes, quite often […]
Posted in Poems Old Testament on Nov 23rd, 2008
Hi all following on from Psalm 1 in Joshua 1 we see God’s promise to Joshua as he takes on the mantle of leadership of Israel. As part of this God calls upon Joshua to meditate upon the book of the law day and night. We too need to know God word, to us and […]