ALL – Psalm 76:1-12
ALL – Proverbs 24:21-22
OT – Jeremiah 2:31-4:18
NT – Colossians 1:1-19
Interesting passage for the day: The same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world and changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours that very first day you heard it and understood about God’s great kindness to sinners. – Colossians 1:6, The Living Bible
Thought: This statement was written about 2,000 years ago, but it’s just as true today as it was then. People who learn about God’s great kindness to sinners are still being transformed entirely—from their hearts to their hands. Jesus Christ is still making all things new. Through Him we have not only been created, but we become a new creation all over again.
This change is happening in every nation on earth. The gospel is still the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. Jesus Christ is still building His church, and the gates of hell are still not prevailing against it.
Question: How has your life been changed by Jesus Christ? How have you seen Him change others?
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Showing posts with label Creation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creation. Show all posts
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Provided
ALL – Psalm 18:37-50
ALL – Proverbs 4:11-13
OT – Genesis 44:1-45:28
NT – Matthew 14:13-36
Have you ever been in debt? You look at the $5 bill in your wallet, knowing that your debt is so much more, and you kind of wish you could just multiply your money and pay the whole thing off. And then your mind starts to wander as you daydream about what kinds of things you could provide for your wife and kids if you had the ability to multiply money. It’s a nice dream. But at the end of it, you come back to reality remembering that you’re not a super-human money-multiplier, that you’re limited, that sometimes needs are greater than your ability to meet them.
Jesus, on the other hand. . . Jesus can provide exactly what is needed at a moment’s notice. Jesus is God. Jesus has authority over the whole creation. If He wants to meet a need, He meets it.
Then he told the people to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and two fish, looked up into the sky and asked God’s blessing on the meal, then broke the loaves apart and gave them to the disciples to place before the people. And everyone ate until full! And when the scraps were picked up afterwards, there were twelve basketfuls left over! (About 5,000 men were in the crowd that day, besides all the women and children.) – Matthew 14:19-21, The Living Bible
We men like to be good providers. But no one can provide like Jesus. No one else is God. Creation obeys no one else. Things that aren’t become things that are, just because Jesus tells them to. Too Little becomes Too Much. Hunger becomes Satisfied. Empty becomes Full. Exhausted becomes Invigorated. Discouraged becomes Bold. Poor becomes Rich. Weak becomes Strong. Dead becomes Living. Sinner becomes Saint. What we need, Jesus provides. As men who like to see others provided for, our wisest work is to introduce people to Jesus. Then we, the limited, can sit back and joyfully watch our God meet people’s needs.
What has Jesus provided for you?
To review the Bible reading plan options, please visit http://tinyurl.com/yj2o7jz.
ALL – Proverbs 4:11-13
OT – Genesis 44:1-45:28
NT – Matthew 14:13-36
Have you ever been in debt? You look at the $5 bill in your wallet, knowing that your debt is so much more, and you kind of wish you could just multiply your money and pay the whole thing off. And then your mind starts to wander as you daydream about what kinds of things you could provide for your wife and kids if you had the ability to multiply money. It’s a nice dream. But at the end of it, you come back to reality remembering that you’re not a super-human money-multiplier, that you’re limited, that sometimes needs are greater than your ability to meet them.
Jesus, on the other hand. . . Jesus can provide exactly what is needed at a moment’s notice. Jesus is God. Jesus has authority over the whole creation. If He wants to meet a need, He meets it.
Then he told the people to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and two fish, looked up into the sky and asked God’s blessing on the meal, then broke the loaves apart and gave them to the disciples to place before the people. And everyone ate until full! And when the scraps were picked up afterwards, there were twelve basketfuls left over! (About 5,000 men were in the crowd that day, besides all the women and children.) – Matthew 14:19-21, The Living Bible
We men like to be good providers. But no one can provide like Jesus. No one else is God. Creation obeys no one else. Things that aren’t become things that are, just because Jesus tells them to. Too Little becomes Too Much. Hunger becomes Satisfied. Empty becomes Full. Exhausted becomes Invigorated. Discouraged becomes Bold. Poor becomes Rich. Weak becomes Strong. Dead becomes Living. Sinner becomes Saint. What we need, Jesus provides. As men who like to see others provided for, our wisest work is to introduce people to Jesus. Then we, the limited, can sit back and joyfully watch our God meet people’s needs.
What has Jesus provided for you?
To review the Bible reading plan options, please visit http://tinyurl.com/yj2o7jz.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Let There Be Light
ALL – Psalm 4:1-8
ALL – Proverbs 1:20-23
OT – Genesis 8:1-10:32
NT – Matthew 4:12-25
What would the world be like without light? Not just without the sun, but without stars, electric lights, candles, fireflies—without any light whatsoever? Would the world just be dark? Or would it be dead?
When God created the world (as we read about in Genesis 1), He said, “Let there be light.” That was day 1. The creation of a world of life began with light.
And yet we sometimes miss the significance of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, a ministry of creating new life in a world that was dead because of sin. Listen to what Matthew says about Jesus’ move from Judea to Nazareth and Capernaum, just as His ministry was about to start:
This fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, beside the lake, and the countryside beyond the Jordan River, and Upper Galilee where so many foreigners live—there the people who sat in darkness have seen a great Light; they sat in the land of death, and the Light broke through upon them.” – Matthew 4:14-16, The Living Bible
Jesus’ ministry was the beginning of God’s new work of creation. God was again bringing life to the world, and His new work of creation through Jesus Christ began with sending Light into darkness.
We carry on that ministry even now, because there are still many who sit in darkness. God calls us to share the Light, Jesus Christ, as He continues His new work of creation in the lives of sinful men.
What is your next step in taking the Light into lives of darkness?
ALL – Proverbs 1:20-23
OT – Genesis 8:1-10:32
NT – Matthew 4:12-25
What would the world be like without light? Not just without the sun, but without stars, electric lights, candles, fireflies—without any light whatsoever? Would the world just be dark? Or would it be dead?
When God created the world (as we read about in Genesis 1), He said, “Let there be light.” That was day 1. The creation of a world of life began with light.
And yet we sometimes miss the significance of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, a ministry of creating new life in a world that was dead because of sin. Listen to what Matthew says about Jesus’ move from Judea to Nazareth and Capernaum, just as His ministry was about to start:
This fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, beside the lake, and the countryside beyond the Jordan River, and Upper Galilee where so many foreigners live—there the people who sat in darkness have seen a great Light; they sat in the land of death, and the Light broke through upon them.” – Matthew 4:14-16, The Living Bible
Jesus’ ministry was the beginning of God’s new work of creation. God was again bringing life to the world, and His new work of creation through Jesus Christ began with sending Light into darkness.
We carry on that ministry even now, because there are still many who sit in darkness. God calls us to share the Light, Jesus Christ, as He continues His new work of creation in the lives of sinful men.
What is your next step in taking the Light into lives of darkness?
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