Daily Meditations

December 1. Titus 3:4-5December 1 Titus 3:4-5 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. If we are honest with ourselves, and that in itself can be difficult, we know we are often self-centered, grumpy, and […]

November 30 John 6:47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. Modern science has made thought about heaven and eternal life difficult to imagine. In earlier times heaven was believed to be up  there somewhere above  the clouds. No one believes that any more. On the other hand I have

November 29 Hebrews 9:28 Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many…. I have written a song called Second Chances. The chorus begins, “He’s the God of second chances. I’m on my third one now!” Some of us take a while to get things right. In fact in the Daily Office and

November 28. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. On more than one occasion I got the following response to an invitation to come to church. “I wouldn’t dare. The roof might cave in!” light hearted no doubt. Yet it portrayed

November 27 Galatians 5:1  It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. I recently went through a season of irritability. Anything and everything would set me off. The big stuff might have been reasonably upsetting. There was

November 26 1 John 4:13-14 13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is

  November 25 Isaiah 52:7  How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Thanks to ChatGPT by AI Oline for this explanation. In the Bible, “beautiful feet” symbolizes the message and mission

  November 24 Psalm 62:1  Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. I have found lately that I have been assaulted by a season of irritability. The chaos in conflicts out there in the world have disturbed my inner peace. Wars and possibilities of war. Upheaval of basic concepts like

    November 23 Acts 13:47  For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ A missionary is defined as someone who shares the Gospel in a culture other than his own. I say humorously

  November 22 Luke 1:76-78 76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of