Thought for February 10th. “GOD HAS COME TO TEST YOU, THAT …”
Today's readings.. (Exodus 19,20), (Psalm 73), (Mark 6) Almost 2 months elapsed after the people of Israel escaped from Egypt and now “they came into the wilderness of Sinai” [Exod.19 v.2] and encamped “before
Thought for February 9th. THE PRAYERS OF DAVID
Today's readings.. (Exodus 17,18), (Psalm 72), (Mark 5) The Psalms are divided into 5 books, and today we complete the second, today’s Psalm (72) ending with the words, “the prayers of David, the
Thought for February 8th. “WHO THEN IS THIS?”
Today's readings.. (Exodus 16), (psalms 70,71), (Mark 4) We all have probably had the experience of suddenly seeing another side of friend’s character that we did not know existed. We then wonder who they really
Thought for February 7th. “I WILL SING TO THE LORD
Today's readings.. (Exodus 15), (Psalm 69), (Mark 3) The occasion when we particularly sing with spiritual joy in our hearts is when a new brother or sister emerges from the waters of baptism. Consider then
Thought for February 6th. “BLESSED BE THE LORD WHO DAILY BEARS US UP”
Today's readings... (Exodus 13,14), (Psalm 68), (Mark 2) There are interesting parallels between our two Old Testament readings today. Chapters 13 & 14 of Exodus describe the drama of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt.
Thought for February 5th. “IF I HAD CHERISHED …”
Today's readings.. (Exodus 11,12), (Psalms 66,67), (Mark 1) The Psalms captured our particular attention this morning, although all the chapters we read were full of drama – arising from – or anticipating - the actions
Thought for February 4th. “BUT THE LORD HARDENED PHARAOH’S HEART”
Today's readings.. (Exodus 10), (Psalms 64,65), (Romans 15,16) We thought about this for some time. How do we understand the references in today’s ch. 10 of Exodus to the LORD hardening Pharaoh’s heart.
Thought for February 3rd. “SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES”
Today's readings.. (Exodus 9), (Psalms 62,63), (Romans 13,14) The first part of our reading today, Ch. 13 of Romans, needs to be understood in the context of the whole Bible. Paul tells his readers,
Thought for February 2nd. “AS A LIVING SACRIFICE”
Today's readings.. (Exodus 7,8), (Psalms 60,61), (Romans 12) In Genesis we are reading of Moses’ encounters with Pharaoh and today we saw Moses’ demand “We must go three days journey into the wilderness and