Digg
Facebook
Twitter
Stumble
Reddit
Del.ico.us
Yahoo buz
G-bookmarks
Live
TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INFebruary, 2012
-
The word will not returned unfilled
February 29th, 201208:01 AM ETScripture: For, as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and do not return before having watered the earth, fertilizing it and making it germinate to provide seed for the sower and food to eat, so it is with the word that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me unfilled or before having carried out my good pleasure and having achieved w... -
The angel of Yahweh
February 28th, 201205:25 AM ETScripture: The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them. Psalm of David 34:7 Prayer: Day 7—May I sense the presence of the Angel of Yahweh encamped in my surroundings. Response: Isn't it reassuring that with all the confidence one seeks to cultivate in a lifetime that one is indestructible—and not believing it, the ... -
Whispering of my heart
February 27th, 201206:31 AM ETScripture: May the words of my mouth always find favor, and the whispering of my heart, in your presence, Yahweh, my rock, my redeemer. Psalm of David 19:14 Prayer: Day 6—May my prayers be conscious even if they are whispered from my heart. Response: Recall when you were asked to make some comments either informally with friends or before a gat... -
Direct me in your ways
February 26th, 201208:24 AM ETScripture: DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths. ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR my hope is in you all day long—such is your generosity. Yahweh. Psalm 25 of David 4-5 Prayer: Day 5–You would think by now, I would know the path. This morning I am reminded of the ope... -
I am here
February 25th, 201208:50 AM ETScripture: Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, "I am here." If you do away with the yoke, the clenched fist and malicious words, if you deprive yourself for the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkest hour will be like noon. Isaiah 58:9-... -
Your wound will be quickly healed over
February 24th, 201206:38 AM ETScripture: Is not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin? Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over. Saving justice will go ahead of you and Yahweh's glory come behind you. Isaiah 58:7... -
Choose life
February 23rd, 201206:14 AM ETScripture: "Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live, in the love of Yahweh, your God, obeying this voice, holding fast to him; for in this your life consists, and on this depends the length of time that you stay in the country which Yahweh swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give them." Deuteronomy 3... -
A little child
February 21st, 201206:25 AM ETScripture: "Anyone who welcomes a little child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who sent me." Mark 9:37 Prayer: Keep me vigilant and let my gaze not be hindered by distractions of any kind, including my own personal concerns. Response: Don't limit yourself to the little child; ... -
Help my lack of faith
February 20th, 201208:25 AM ETScripture: "If you can?" retorted Jesus. "Everything is possible for one who has faith." At once the father of the boy cried out, "I have faith. Help my lack of faith!" Mark 9:24 Prayer: I don't know much about most things, but I do know the joys and challenges of being a father. And oh does the father quoted in this verse resonate with me, especi... -
Can you not see it?
February 19th, 201201:25 PM ETScripture: No need to remember past events, no need to think about what was done before. Look, I (Yahweh) am doing something new, now it emerges; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in desert, and rivers in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19 Prayer: Can you not see it? May I forsake the past to see with new eyes the Lord's work in the present ... -
Listen to him
February 18th, 201205:43 AM ETScripture: Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them. Mark 9:2-3 And a cloud came, covering them in a shadow; and from the cloud there came ... -
Fix your gaze
February 16th, 201206:27 AM ETScripture: Fix your gaze on Yahweh and your face will grow bright; you will never hang your head in shame. A pauper calls out and Yahweh hears, saves him from all his troubles. The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them. Psalm 34:5-7 Prayer: May my face grow bright. Response: Notice that in David's words, he is not su... -
Never be shaken
February 15th, 201206:39 AM ETScripture: Whoever lives blamelessly, who acts uprightly, who speaks the truth from the heart, who keeps the tongue under control, who does not wrong a comrade, who casts no discredit on a neighbor, who looks with scorn on the vile, but honors those who fear Yahweh, who stands by an oath at any cost, who asks no interest on loans, who takes no brib... -
Perseverance
February 13th, 201206:35 AM ETScripture: My brothers, consider it a great joy when trials of many kinds come upon you, for you well know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance, and perseverance must complete its work so that you will become fully developed, complete, not deficient in any way. James 1:2-4 Prayer: On this unusually frigid morning, when the silence ... -
I am willing
February 12th, 201208:31 AM ETScripture: A man suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to (Jesus) and pleaded on his knees saying, "If you are willing, you can cleanse me." Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said to him, "I am willing. Be cleansed."Mark 1:40-41 Prayer: Let me be without guile in prayer—to ask humbly and have stout faith ... -
The image of a grass-eating bull
February 11th, 201206:39 AM ETScripture: At Horeb they made a calf, bowed low before cast metal; they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bull. Psalm 106:19-20 Prayer: From an historical perspective, anyone worshipping the statue of a grass-eating bull seems ludicrous. Let me embrace fully my redemption and consider deeply its significance a midst exhibi... -
Ephphatha
February 10th, 201206:38 AM ETScripture: Then looking up to heaven (Jesus) sighed; and he said to the (deaf man),"Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened," and (the deaf man's) ears were opened, and at once the impediment of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly. Mark 7:34-35 Prayer: So I whisper wordlessly in my heart in the silence of the morning—pretty remarkable. And the ... -
Be bold
February 09th, 201205:50 AM ETScripture: And (Jesus) said to her, "The children should be fed first, because it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to little dogs." But she spoke up, "Ah yes, sir," she replied, "but little dogs under the table eat the scrapes from the children." Mark 7:27-28 Prayer: Help me to be bold in requesting guidance and clarity. Respo... -
Gang aft agley
February 08th, 201207:20 AM ETScripture: Commit your destiny to Yahweh, be confident in him, and he will act, making your uprightness clear as daylight, and the justice of your cause as the noon. Psalm 37:5-6 Prayer: It is almost as if the Lord is talking to me through David on this day of my birth so many years ago at Presbyterian Hospital in New York, stay the course in His ... -
Pilgrimage
February 07th, 201206:14 AM ETScripture: Blessed those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. Psalm 84:5 Prayer: There are times, especially this morning when I was out walking so very long before dawn that I am reminded that my heart is set on pilgrimage. May I find my strength in the Lord. Response: To lead your life as if a pilgrimage is worthy... -
The fringe of his cloak
February 06th, 201207:00 AM ETScripture: And wherever (Jesus) went to village or town or farm, they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were saved. Mark 6:56 Prayer: Help me Lord to lay in prayer before you those who seek your healing even if they are unaware. Response: Well, so early... -
Long before dawn
February 05th, 201207:47 AM ETScripture: In the morning, long before dawn, (Jesus) got up and left the house and went off to a lonely place and prayed there. Mark 1:35 Prayer: Why is it that the darkness seems to linger on a gray drizzly morning? Help me in this space to hear the Lord with the clarity the morning absent the sun does not offer. Response: No distractions this m... -
Discerning judgment
February 04th, 201207:52 AM ETScripture: "Since you (Solomon) have asked for this," God said, "and not asked for long life for yourself or riches or the lives of your enemies but have asked for a discerning judgment for yourself, here and now I do what you ask, I give you a heart wise and shrewd as no one has had before and no one will have after you. What you have not asked I ... -
But when Herod heard this . . .
February 03rd, 201207:47 AM ETScripture: King Herod had heard about (Jesus), since by now his name was well known. Some were saying, "john the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him." Others said, "He is Elijah," others again, "He is a prophet, like the prophets we used to have." But when Herod heard this he said, "It is John whose... -
Who will remain standing?
February 02nd, 201207:11 AM ETScripture: Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like fullers' alkali. Malachi 3:2 Prayer: How easy it is to glide over words that are unfamiliar or verses which are familiar—though not precisely catching the meaning. Help me to slow down and reflect... -
What is this wisdom?
February 01st, 201208:12 AM ETScripture: With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, "Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?" Mark 6:2 Prayer: Help me to pause and realize the miracles that have been wo...
Advertisement
About this blog
This blog is inspired by what one hears in the stillness at dawn or any other time, reflecting upon the anointed word of God.
LATEST NEWS
ARCHIVE
TOP TAGS
