Closer Day By Day

Psalm - Psalm 63-65

As today is the last day of Spiritual Meeting, I will try and make it short. Bible Passage:  Psalm 63-65 3 more Psalms of David. And as you read the Psalms he wrote, you do get a sense of his deep understanding of God.  He has also a great relationship with the God he worships and this is very clear from the words that he writes. You can almost feel his weariness as you read Psalm 63.  Absalom,...

History - 1 Kings 1-4

Shalom! We are going to start to read another recorded history of Israel today, the 1st book of Kings. Peace is what we need and want in our lives, peace from the world is but temporal, so our Lord Jesus promises us, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Indeed our God wants to give us...

Law - Exodus 33-36

Tonight marks the start of the Mid Year Spiritual Meeting!  I do not know about you, but I have not been so excited and looking forward to a Spiritual Meeting for a long time.  And reading today’s passage has given me greater encouragement and joy. Bible Passage: Exodus 33-36 Last week we read about the lowest point in the spiritual faith of the Israelites after they left Egypt.  This happened...

Epistles - Galatians 1-3

Galatians presents to us important messages that are the basic building blocks of our Christian faith. This epistle contains 6 chapters, and we are covering the first 3 chapters today. Whenever we read chapters in the Bible, it is essential that we go away from the Bible-reading session with at least some basic understanding of the intended message for each chapter. In this way, we can be sure that...

Gospel - Luke 5-6

“When we say we must listen to God - What do we mean and how do we apply it in our daily lives?” That was the question my wife asked our kids when we were reading the passage from Jeremiah yesterday.  We all know the text book answers.  But how much do we listen and really apply? Today’s passage seems to reinforce the lessons I have been learning since last Friday evening from...

Prophecy - Jeremiah 42-46

Sometimes you just don’t understand the people of Jerusalem.  How is it they cannot see all the examples of failures around them?  Why can’t they not commit the same mistakes as their predecessors did? I felt like screaming and throttling their necks as I read today’s passage… until I realised that perhaps I was not much different from them. Bible Passage:  Jeremiah 42-46 In...

Poetry - Job 41-42

We finally come to the end of the book of Job.  While it has been challenge to read and write about it, I am sure that you, like me, have gained a deeper understanding of the trials of Job and what it means for us today.  Take a moment to think about what you have learned from Job in the past few months before reading today’s passage. Bible Passage:  Job 41-42 Reading Chapter 41 is like reading...

Psalm - Psalm 60-62

Whenever I take the time to properly read the Psalm and spend some time considering it, I marvel how David is able to express his heartful thoughts into Psalms with which he will sing to praise God with, or to call out to God for help. Indeed, many of the words also expresses our own hearts and today, we are going to look at 3 more Psalms of David. Bible Passage:  Psalm 60-62 Remember what is a ‘Michtam’? ...

History - 2 Samuel 20-24

We finally come to the end of the 2nd book of Samuel. In these few chapters, it mainly describes the insurgency and battles David fought and the heroes in David’s kingdom; the mighty men of war. Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 20-24 We know that Israel is a country that has seen many wars. Much blood was spilled on this narrow strip of land that is so small. The land of Israel had changed hands many...

Law - Exodus 29-32

As you read through today’s passage, I want you to highlight or underline the following words or words to the same effect…. perpetual statute statute forever day by day continually perpetual incense throughout your generations perpetual covenant What am I talking about. Read the passage and let’s find out together… Bible Passage: Exodus 29-32 Did you see those words as...