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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INDecember, 2010
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You have the anointing
December 31st, 201010:06 AM ETScripture: But you have the anointing that comes from the holy one, and you all have knowledge. 1 John 2:20 Prayer: Quite a message on this last day of the year. Response: Actually, it is a message fraught with challenge. How much easier life might be, if you could feign ignorance and remain unconscious. But John is swiping the blind from your e... -
Sharper than any double-edged sword
December 30th, 201009:18 AM ETScripture: For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 Prayer: Yes, continue to instruct me that your word is not reduced to the words I read but rather alive in me and in my life. Re... -
The true light is already shining
December 29th, 201012:37 PM ETScripture: And yet I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true in him and among you, for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 1 John 2:8 Prayer: Let me focus my attention on the true light is already shining. Response: It's easier to comprehend the light than to try to calculate the darkness dimini... -
Vaulted stone structures
December 28th, 201008:54 AM ETScripture: "For those outside everything is in parables; so that they may see and not perceive, and indeed hear but not understand." Mark 4:11-12 Prayer: These verses are almost inscrutable. Give me understanding. Response: Try to approach Scripture from within and not as an idle reader who happens upon an interesting collection of words from the... -
The Light that shineth from within
December 27th, 201009:46 AM ETScripture: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life. 1 John 1:1 Prayer: Help me to share John's witness and joy. Response: When you are able to step beyond concerns and distractions that cloud your perspective, when you are able ... -
Where am I?
December 26th, 201009:22 AM ETScripture: The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder's craft. One day to the next conveys that message; one night to the next imparts that knowledge. There is no word or sound; no voice is heard; yet their report goes forth through all the earth, their message, to the ends of the world. Psalms 19:2-5 Prayer: In the midst ... -
The kindness and generous love of God
December 25th, 201004:51 AM ETScripture: But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs i... -
Daybreak from on high
December 24th, 201011:06 AM ETScripture: "And you, (John the Baptist), will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God by which the daybreak from on high will visit us to shine on those who sit in darkness and... -
Speechless
December 23rd, 201009:27 AM ETScripture: When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, "No. He will be called John." But they answered her, "There is no one among your relatives who has this name." So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for ... -
Magnificat
December 22nd, 201009:21 AM ETScripture: And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. For he has looked upon his handmaid's lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him. He has shown mig... -
In your midst
December 21st, 201008:49 AM ETScripture: The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; he will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, He will sing joyfully because of you, as one sings at festivals. I will remove disaster from among you, so that none may recount your disgrace. Zephaniah 3:17-18 Prayer: An unfamiliar selection this morning – yet, ... -
According to your word
December 20th, 201008:10 AM ETScripture: Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her. Luke 1:38 Prayer: How many times have I offered that same sentiment before, yes before, a challenge presented itself? Not many. Response: It's easier to put yourself in the hands of the Lord when you are fa... -
Must you also weary my God?
December 19th, 201009:08 AM ETScripture: Then (Isaiah) said: Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary men, must you also weary my God? Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:13-14 Prayer: Instead of wearying God with repetitive pleas and promises, help me to ... -
Emmanuel
December 18th, 201008:27 AM ETScripture: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means "God is with us." Matthew 1:23 Prayer: Quiet morning, light filtering through gray clouds that just might bring snow, and alone, as the words God is with us clamor for my attention. Response: As well they should. It's as if you dosed ... -
No genealogy lesson
December 17th, 201012:03 PM ETScripture: Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations. Matthew 1:17 Prayer: This might be the first time that I read carefully the citation of the generations leading up to Christ’s bir... -
Hills shaken
December 16th, 201009:39 AM ETScripture: Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, my love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who has mercy on you. Isaiah 54:10 Prayer: Quite an extraordinary promise – love not leaving me even if the mountains shall leave their place. What would it take to absorb this message and no... -
The good news proclaimed to them
December 15th, 201009:16 AM ETScripture: And (Jesus) said to them in reply,"Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. Luke 7:22 Prayer: Help me to see the miracles, cures, recoveries in my midst. Response:Thisprayer might b... -
I will not
December 14th, 201009:15 AM ETScripture: “A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir,' but did not go. Matthew 21:28-30 Prayer: How many times have I said yes... -
In light of your love
December 13th, 201008:03 AM ETScripture: Remember your compassion and love, O LORD; for they are ages old. Remember no more the sins of my youth; remember me only in light of your love. Psalms 25:6-7 Prayer: Help me to echo David’s prayer daily. Ages old myself, I utter this refrain almost with authority, at least with sincerity. Meditation: In light of the Lord’s lo... -
Reeds swaying
December 12th, 201008:39 AM ETScripture:As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? Mathew 11:7 Prayer:If the question were asked of me, how would I have answered? Response:Such a simple question. Would you have trekked a long distance into a desert to see a reed sw... -
His face shines upon you
December 11th, 201009:26 AM ETScripture: O LORD of hosts, restore us; Let your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. Psalms 80:4 Prayer: How does your face shine upon us? Response: In a quiet moment like this you are transported into the Lord’s presence. In a crowded room a smile is directed to you and you know that you are loved; when you perform a spontaneous act of g... -
The path that vanishes
December 10th, 201010:18 AM ETScripture: (The wicked) are like chaff which the wind drives away. For the LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes. Isaiah Psalms 1:4 and 6 Prayer: My eyes lock on verse 6 – the way of the wicked vanishes. Let me ponder the message. Response: Sometimes you devote an inordinate amount of time consideri... -
Fear not
December 09th, 201001:20 PM ETScripture: For I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you." Isaiah 41:13 Prayer: Under what circumstances can I ever forget this promise? Help me to recall these words when I am puzzled by what is unfolding. Response: Think of times when you paused and perhaps took a step back to avoid w... -
Be it done to me
December 08th, 201010:47 AM ETScripture: Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid ofthe Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her. Luke 1:38 Prayer: My prayer – down deep – is similar; though I wonder sometimes if I didn’t speak too quickly when new challenges present themselves. Response: All is well when you will your... -
Give comfort
December 07th, 201010:28 AM ETScripture: Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Isaiah 40:1 Prayer: Nine words that form a haunting refrain when I become self-absorbed. Response: Hah! Do you catch the irony contained therein when you might aspire to scholar status and impress with your knowledge and experience? How much more understandable could Isaiah be? You don... -
A carpet of flowers
December 06th, 201009:23 AM ETScripture: The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given tothem, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Isaiah 35:1-2 Prayer: Give blossom to the deserts ... -
A voice shall sound in your ears
December 04th, 201008:14 AM ETScripture: The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst. No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher, while from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears: "This is the way; walk in it," when you would turn to the right or to the left. Isaiah 30:20-21 Prayer: Help me no... -
Lebanon will be changed into an orchard
December 03rd, 201002:31 PM ETScripture: But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest! On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book; And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. The lowly will ever find joy in the LORD, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 29:17-19... -
The footsteps of the poor
December 02nd, 201008:42 AM ETScripture: Trust in the LORD forever! For the LORD is an eternal Rock. He humbles those in high places, and the lofty city he brings down; He tumbles it to the ground, levels it with the dust. It is trampled underfoot by the needy, by the footsteps of the poor. Isaiah 26:4-6 Prayer: Those last words catch my attention this frigid morning with the ... -
You are pursued
December 01st, 201008:17 AM ETScripture: Only goodness and love will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come.Psalm 23:6 Prayer: Help me to keep David’s perspective each day of my life. Response: It helps to realize that you are not wandering aimlessly in a foreign land, but rather accompanied, guided, led, and most importan...
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