So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby. -John 19:42 NKJVIt's Saturday. Yesterday and Thursday my heart was meditative upon the Cross of my Lord. This morning I'm reading through the Preparation day accounts in the gospels and thinking about waiting for new life to spring up.THE … Continue reading Will the Seed grow?
Passion week
Who would have thought?
1 Who believes what we've heard and seen? Who would have thought God's saving power would look like this? 2 The servant grew up before God - a scrawny seedling, a scrubby plant in a parched field. There was nothing attractive about him, nothing to cause us to take a second look. 3 He was … Continue reading Who would have thought?
Preparing to Remember
Today I'm preparing to remember what the blood of Christ, my Passover Lamb, did for me. I'll be remembering, reflecting, meditating... worshipping in the presence of children who only know the story through me, and with a listening Philippian jailer.I'm praying for an earthquake! I'm praying for walls to fall! I'm praying for a prostituted … Continue reading Preparing to Remember
Standing at the cross of my Captain
"Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of … Continue reading Standing at the cross of my Captain
I was born here
"Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased … Continue reading I was born here
