January 30, 2009 “Jerusalem will be told: “Don’t be afraid. Dear Zion, don’t despair. Your God is present among you, a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love and delight you with his songs.” Zephaniah 3:16-17 The Message Where do you find Grace…? Where are [...]
Archive for January, 2009
28 Jan
January 29, 2009 “Look at it this way. If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine and go after the one? And if He finds it, doesn’t he make far more over it than over the ninety-nine who stay put? Matt. 18:12-13 The Message Where will [...]
28 Jan
January 28, 2009 “This is how you are to bless the People of Israel. Say to them, God bless you and keep you, God smile on you and gift you, God look you full in the face and make you prosper. In so doing, they will place my name on the People of Israel — [...]
27 Jan
January 27, 2009 “Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got!” Deut. 6:5 The Message How much grace do you need…? … All that you want and even more. You’ve been called to be someone you will never be without grace. You’ve been called to [...]
25 Jan
January 26, 2009 “Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me.” Isaiah 30:15 The Message What does grace look like…? Grace is God giving you the freedom to run … to flee … to [...]
23 Jan
January 23, 2009 “Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house and set him before Jesus. When they couldn’t find a way in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof, removed some tiles, and let him down in the middle [...]
21 Jan
January 22, 2009 “They came, tons of them, bringing along the paraplegic, the blind, the maimed, the mute — all sorts of people in need — and more or less threw them down at Jesus’ feet to see what he would do with them. He healed them….” Matt. 15:30 The Message Who are you bringing…? [...]
20 Jan
January 21, 2009 “A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and tole me. ‘Go to Siloam and wash.” I did what he said. When I washed, I saw.” John 9:11 The Message How close will Jesus become in your life…? You’ve got blindspots … areas and places in your [...]
20 Jan
January 20, 2009 “Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I’m back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.” Psalm 23:6 The Message Are you being “chased” or are you being caught…? He is chasing you .. following you .. shaping you into the life [...]
19 Jan
January 19, 2009 “God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn’t deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all.” Romans 8:3… [...]
