1 Corinthians 10:12 New International Version (NIV) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! For meditation “Bring it on”, the young man said. “I am not one of your statistics. I know better not to fall for your Delilah antics.” And so he bluffed his way through. However, the … Continue reading Don’t Play with Fire

Proverbs 12:25 New International Version (NIV) Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. For Meditation I remember that day very clearly. The telephone rang. I was in the kitchen. I knew I was expecting that call, yet I hesitated to run for the receiver in the living room. The sound … Continue reading Be Anxious for Nothing

2 Chronicles 16:12 New International Version (NIV) In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians. For Meditation Every time I read about the last days of king Asa, one … Continue reading What Anger Could Do

Genesis 22:14 New International Version (NIV) Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together. For Meditation Here they were: the worship party – the fully loaded donkey, two servants, the father and his son! Their early morning trip to mount Moriah had been … Continue reading What’s In a Father’s Faith

1 Chronicles 22:12 New International Version (NIV) May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. For Meditation Solomon is firmly established on the throne as king over Israel. Acting upon instructions from his father, the young king has cleared all … Continue reading What’s In a Father’s Counsel?

Amos 5:24 New International Version (NIV) But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! For Meditation When the judicial system of a nation breaks down and injustice prevails; who suffers? Is it not the poor and the weak (Amos 5:7)? Is the Spirit of God not grieved? When the poor laborer is … Continue reading A Call for Justice and Righteousness

1 Samuel 16:18 New International Version (NIV) One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him." For Meditation What a time in a young man’s … Continue reading Divine Connection

Mark 10:50 New Living Translation (NLT) Bartimaeus threw aside his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus. For Meditation The monotony of life! The grind and constancy of sitting and begging while trapped in the dark alley of blindness. That was the daily experience of Bartimaeus, and that of everyone without Christ. So, to say … Continue reading The Bartimaeus Factor