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free devotional guides for your quiet time
Sometime ago I began to take time as part of my daily morning routine, to reflect on the events and experiences of the previous day, rather like viewing a video recording. I had decided to do this because I wanted to try, even if only in a small way, to change my way of life, …
Continue reading “Out From The Silence”
I was in my late forties attending a seminar in Hong Kong when I went through the process of reflecting on my life once again. A certain Christian leader had been invited to lead the seminar that was focused on meditation on the Word of God, taking up various themes as the participants reflected on …
Continue reading “Deepening Conversion”
About 40 years ago, I was on a hiking tour with a friend in early spring. The course went from the Gunma Prefecture side of Mt. Asama and crossed over to the Nagano Prefecture side through Onioshidashi. It was a strenuous climb and we rested often as we made our way step by step up …
Continue reading “From Samurai To Playful Boy”
Monday EPHESIANS 1:1-6 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. V1: How does Paul describe himself? Vv3-6: How does he describe our destiny as Christians? In these …
Continue reading “2021 Devotions Week 8”
Monday COLOSSIANS 1:15-20 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. Vv15-17: These verses tell us that Jesus is: The physical, visible representation of God The first cause …
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Monday ISAIAH 30:1-14 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. Vv1-2: What was God’s complaint against Israel? Vv3-7: What kind of ally will Egypt prove to be? …
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Monday ROMANS 1:18-25 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. V18: The wrath of God is hostile to godlessness and wickedness. How would you differentiate the two? …
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Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:21-42 have always troubled me. “Pluck it out! Cut it off!” if it causes you to be thrown in hell. The logical mind would say, “Kill the baby before it can sin!”, and of course that cannot be the intention of Jesus’ words. Jesus started by clarifying in the preceding verses …
Continue reading “Guard Your Heart”
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people …
Continue reading “Salt and Light”
To continue from my last article, I’d like to share an experience from another seminar I attended. It happened in the evening of an exciting day when for the first time in my life, I had been gazing at the majestic snow-covered Swiss Alps, and walking on an imperceptibly flowing glacier. After returning to our …
Continue reading “Looking With The Eyes Of The Heart”