Scripture vs. Sloth: How do we build a defense against 'the Noonday demon' that can suck day after day away from us? Some simple ideas to engage Scripture and the Holy Spirit in a daily 'quiet time' with some possible resources to start, including Psalm 119:105-112. Feel free to add your own comments of 'starter' resources for time with God in Scripture you've found helpful.
Mindy Smith, 'Come to Jesus'. An adult lullaby. This video was made in 2009, but certainly feels a bit like a young woman facing a pandemic lockdown! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxIsKcdy3Jk
Getting better at any activity - or relationship - requires these two qualities. You've gotta take some time with me and Revelation 3:15-21 to learn more 😏
Hope in Dystopia. Over the next several posts, we'll look for 'medicine' to help fight viruses of the spirit. Let's take 5 minutes with Romans 5:1-4. Music today: 'Carry the Fire,' Andrew Peterson
What's the hardest thing you can imagine God overcoming that you face? Job? Health? Boredom? Think bigger - and he's got it - even if it's not #1 on his list. Take a few minutes with me and Matthew 28:1-10.
You've got Michael J Fox's Delorean. Where in time do you travel? I'm off to this back road toward Emmaus in Luke 24:13-32, where the resurrected messiah is pulling a practical joke - for a great reason - on a sad couple.
After you watch the video, come back for the next comment I forgot to mention: there are a couple of reasons I suspect Luke leaves the identity of Cleopas' companion a secret, but one of them is this. He want us, as readers, to put OURSELVES on the road listening to Jesus open up the Bible to us about his identity and work.
Music today: George Frederick Handel, 'Hallelujah Chorus'. Handel was almost bankrupt when he received the commission to write this piece as a fundraiser for a debtor's prison in Dublin. The music poured out of him for Messiah; he wrote the whole thing in only a little over 3 weeks, And yes, he says he had a powerful encounter with God in writing the 'Hallelujah Chorus.' https://youtu.be/J4JIHvmoN0E
Page France, 'Jesus.' This uses some slightly shocking imagery, but there's a sense of joy, amazement and yes, humor that I think is appropriate, and I think Christ himself would welcome over the delight that death itself has been conquered. Glory! https://youtu.be/CLtFGvMddXA
Page France, 'Jesus.' This uses some slightly shocking imagery, but there's a sense of joy, amazement and yes, humor that I think is appropriate, and I think Christ himself would welcome over the delight that death itself has been conquered. Glory! https://youtu.be/CLtFGvMddXA
