Tag Archive for ‘LORD’

Monday 21 July

Micah 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50; Matthew 12:38-42 On being Christian Micah – “And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” I think that this sums up what we have to do as Christians. What do you think? Possibly there is more. […]

Holy Thursday 28 March

Psalm 116, Exodus 12:1-14, 2 Cor 11:23-26, John 13:1-15 A word of testimony Psalm 116 is the favourite psalm and testimony of a dear elderly friend who plumbed the depths of this psalm when he was a fighter pilot during the war. “Death stared me in the face,” he says, quoting the psalm. “Up against […]

Monday 18 March

Saint Patrick Psalm 106, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Acts 13:46-49Luke 10:1-2,17-20 God is good Throughout Psalm 106 the focus swings from God’s actions to the people’s reactions. God provided and blessed but the people forgot. God saved and delivered, but the people forgot. No wonder the psalm ends with a cry for God to “Save us … […]

Thursday 7 March

Psalm 95, Jeremiah 7:23-28, Luke 11:14-23 Come … bow down … worship The procession makes its way towards the great gates of the temple. Joy and worship fill the hearts of God’s people. “Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD,” cries the worship leader. In the outer courts of the temple he calls, […]

Saturday 2 March

Psalm 103:1-12, Micah 7:14-20, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Bless the Lord Psalm 103 is one of the most beloved of all the psalms. The psalm is wrapped in an envelope of blessing. The cry ‘Bless the LORD, O my soul’ (NRSV) begins and ends the psalm. The word ‘bless’ originally meant to bend the knee before, […]