Meditating The Word

Today on Meditating the Word: Parable of the Ten Virgins, Parable of the Bags of Gold, the Sheep and the Goats This is Day 312. We are reading Matthew 25 ---- Father God, wherever it is possible, let us give to feed the hungry, to provide clean drinking water, to provide clothing for those in need, to visit the sick and lay hands on them, and to visit those in prison and tell them the Good News. L...

Today on Meditating the Word: Destruction of the Temple, Signs of the End Times, Day and Hour Unknown This is Day 311. We are reading Matthew 24 ---- Father God, Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for the disciples who asked Jesus for the signs of the end times, and who recorded them for us. You have told us what to expect, not to frighten us, but so that we can be prepared. We see wars, famines,...

Today on Meditating the Word: Destruction of the Temple, Signs of the End Times, Day and Hour Unknown. This is Day 310. We are reading Mark 13 ---- Father God, we watch the signs. We know that the time must be short, because we see the things Jesus foretold happening all around us... wars and rumors of wars, nations rising up against nations, persecution of Christians in many nations. So we watch,...

Today on Meditating the Word: Hypocrisy, Seven Woes on Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, Parable of the Tenants, Taxes to Caesar, Resurrection and Marriage, Whose Son is Messiah, Widow's Offering, Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times. This is Day 309. We are reading Matthew 23 and Luke 20-21. ---- Father God, help us to be pure in heart. Take the heart of stone from us and give us...

Today on Meditating the Word: Parables of the Wedding Banquet and the Tenants, Caesar's Tax, Marriage at the Ressurection, the Greatest Commandment, Whose Son is the Messiah?, the Widow's Offering This is Day 308. We are reading Matthew 22 and Mark 12. ---- Father God, help us to love You better... with all of our heart, our mind, our soul and our strength. And help us, Father, to love our neighbo...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King, Curses a Fig Tree, and Clears the Temple Courts, Mary Anoints Jesus, Jesus Predicts His Death, Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews. This is Day 307. We are reading Mark 11 and John 12. ---- Father God, thank You for giving us the measure of faith -- Your Word. A faith so sure and so strong that it can move mountains. Thank You for send...

Today on Meditating the Word: Zaccheus the Tax Collector, Parable of the Ten Minas, Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King, Jesus at the Temple. This is Day 306. We are reading Luke 19. ---- Father God, we hang onto Your every Word. Help us to be faithful, Father, with all that You have entrusted to us. We long to hear the words, "Well done" at the end of our earthly lives. You are a God of multiplicati...

Today on Meditating the Word: Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, the Request of the Mother of James and John, Two Blind Men Receive Sight, Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem on a Donkey, Jesus Chases the Money Changers Out of the Temple, Jesus Curses the Fig Tree, Parable of the Two Sons, Parable of the Tenants. This is Day 305. We are reading Matthew 20-21. ---- Father God, Help us to do Your will,...

Today on Meditating the Word: Questions on Divorce, Jesus and the Little Children, the Rich and the Kingdom of God, the Request of James and John, Blind Brtimaeus Receives His Sight. This is Day 304. We are reading Matthew 19 and Mark 10 ---- Father God, thank You for the accounts of different disciples that shed more light and depth on the teachings of Jesus. From Mark, we understand that riches...

Today on Meditating the Word: Parable of the Persistent Woman, Prayers of the Tax Collector and the Pharisee, Jesus and the Little Children, the Rich and the Kingdom of God, a Blind Beggar Receives His Sight. This is Day 303. We are reading Luke 18 ---- Father God, we pray without ceasing. We know that whatever You have promised in Your Word is sure, and we will not give up. So we ask, not to conv...

Today on Meditating the Word: The Death of Lazarus, Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary, Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead, the Plot to Kill Jesus This is Day 302. We are reading John 11 ---- Father God, thank You for the story of Lazarus with it's rich symbolism. Thank You that You still roll away the stones that would keep us trapped, and You still raise us up into new life today. Give us the faith...

Today on Meditating the Word: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager, the Rich Man and Lazarus, the Ten Lepers This is Day 301. We are reading Luke 16-17 ---- Father God, we put so much value on money and the things of this world, and yet, most of us are foolish with our money. Rather than being wise stewards, the average household is thousands of dollars in debt from buying things we don't need and ca...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus at a Pharisee's House, Parable of the Great Banquet, Cost of Being a Disciple, Parable of the Lost Sheep, Parable of the Lost Coin, Parable of the Prodigal Son This is Day 300. We are reading Luke 14-15 ---- Father God, we look at outward appearance... at what people do and say, we see their highlight reels... but You look at the heart. It isn't the act itself t...

Today on Meditating the Word: The Parable of the Greedy Farmer, Don't Be Anxious, Watchfulness, Interpreting the Times, Jesus Heals the Crippled Woman on the Sabbath, Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast, the Narrow Door. This is Day 299. We are reading Luke 12-13 ---- Father God, remind us, when we get caught up in the cares and anxieties of daily life, that we are more valuable to You than the...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus Sends Out the 72, the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Martha and Mary. This is Day 298. We are reading Luke 10 ---- Father God, thank You for the authority You have given us to do the works of Jesus in the earth. And don't let us forget that sometimes those works are seemingly simple things... like showing kindness and mercy -- even to the unlovable, even to thos...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus Heals the Man Blind From Birth, the Pharisees Investigate the Healing, Spiritual Blindness, the Good Shepherd and His Sheep, Conflict Over Jesus's Claims. This is Day 297. We are reading John 9-10 ---- Father God, thank You for Jesus, our Good Shepherd. We read Your Word and listen to his voice. We know You through him. And we follow him wherever he leads us. We...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus at the Festival of Booths, Jesus Teaches in the Temple, the Adulterous Woman, Division Over Who He Is, Dispute Over Whose Children They Are, Before Abraham Was I Am. This is Day 296. We are reading John 7-8 ---- Father God, thank You for allowing us to see You through the life of Jesus. Whenever we want to know Your character, all we have to do is look at his li...

Today on Meditating the Word: The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven, the One Lost Sheep, Dealing With Sin in the Church, the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. This is Day 295. We are reading Matthew 18 ---- Father God, help us to have the faith, love and trust of a little child. And rather than comparing ourselves with others to see how we measure up, let us instead seek to serve as Jesus served,...

Today on Meditating the Word: the Transfiguration, Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy, Jesus Predicts His Death, the Temple Tax. This is Day 294. We are reading Matthew 17 and Mark 9 ---- Father God, like the father with the epileptic son, we believe, but help us with our unbelief. Help us with the doubts that come... often when patience is required, but we are impatient for a solution. Help us to...

Today on Meditating the Word: Demand for a Sign, the Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees, Peter Declares that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus Predicts His Death, Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand, Jesus Heals a Blind Man, and the Way of the Cross. This is Day 293. We are reading Matthew 16 and Mark 8 ---- Father God, we choose to follow Jesus, wherever he leads. Even when it isn't the popular thing to do...

---- Father God, Help us to guard our hearts. We worry so much about what we put into our mouths... what foods are healthy, what foods we should avoid, how many calories we should consume. But we don't pay attention to what we are storing in our hearts. And it is out of the abundance of our hearts that we speak, and it is our words that determine the course of our lives. Set a guard on our hearts...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand, Jesus Walks on Water, the Bread of Life, Many Disciples Leave Jesus. This is Day 291. We are reading John 6 ---- Father God, thank You for Jesus, the Word of God made flesh. How difficult it must have been for those who walked with him to understand his teachings. Even now, with the benefit we have of being able to read all the scripture...

Today on Meditating the Word: John the Baptizer Beheaded, Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand, Jesus Walks on the Water, Jesus Sends out the Twelve, Jesus Predicts His Death, the Transfiguration. This is Day 290. We are reading Matthew 14, Mark 6 and Luke 9 ---- Father God, the compassion of Jesus is hard for us to comprehend. When his cousin, John the Baptizer was killed, he longed to go off by himself...

Today on Meditating the Word: Jesus sends out the Twelve This is Day 289. Today we are reading Matthew 10 ---- Father God, freely we have received Your Word, Your salvation, Your righteousness. And we freely offer others the same invitation that we received. Freely You have given us the authority to speak in the name of Jesus, and freely we do so bringing light and peace to others through Your Wor...

Today on Meditating the Word: Parable of the Sower, Lamp on a Stand, Jesus Calms the Storm, Demon-Possessed Man Restored, Sick Woman Healed and Dead Girl Raised This is Day 288. Today we are reading Mark 4-5 ---- Father God, what stands out from the gospel of Mark is the word immediately! immediately Satan comes for the word, immediately they received the word with joy, immediately they stumble, i...