Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are mostly personal songs, so I will be looking at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of psalms. This is the first psalm to be attributed to David, …
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Commandments and Trustworthiness
Psalm 119 Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Psalm 119 is a great acrostic poem, the longest psalm and also the longest chapter in the Bible. The 22 stanzas each consist of 8 lines, each line starting with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet, each stanza having a different start letter. It is an epic …
When you know you’ve got it you’ve lost it — Matthew 18:1–7
Humility and trust — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 34 Years and years ago, one of the music papers, probably Sounds, held polls where they asked bass players to name three songs with the best bass playing on, or ask keyboard players for songs with the best keyboard playing on. Guitarist Ted …
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Peter on the water — Matthew 14:28–33
The withdrawal of the King — part 7 40 blogs of Lent — day 9 The focus of the story now shifts to Peter.We should not be too hard on Peter for doubting, after all he has the faith to get out of of the boat and stand on the water. Peter himself suggested it. …
Bring out the rawness — Psalm 121
All that I relied on is gone Everybody needs hope, when hope is gone things can look very bleak. In these early days of the coronavirus pandemic when science has not yet come up with a cure or vaccine, it can be hard to hope. Before we can start to hope in something else we …
Trusting in God
Stand firm in the faith: Trusting in God Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 17th May 2020 A morning of contrasts service wise. BBC Radio Leeds broadcast one between 8 and 8:30 am which I enjoyed but there was no way to join in with the worship songs that I was unfamiliar with as radio is …
The point of healing
With a word Matthew 8:14–17 The authority of Jesus And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he …
Intimacy with God? Filled with all the fullness of God.
Can I be intimate with God? The answer is yes. After all, it is God who asks us to be intimate with him. Paul spoke of knowing Jesus and the power of his resurrection, But how can we be intimate? It is more than reading the Bible and attending church. There is more to intimacy …
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Matthew’s Gospel: …and healing
Matthew's Gospel: ...and healing 40 Blogs of Lent: 9 Matthew 4: 23-25 Here comes the change from being an obscure preacher to becoming a famous one: Healing. Jesus healed and his fame spread. Signs and wonders accompanying the preaching of the Gospel was a big thing in the ministry of Jesus. The Gospel writers noted …
Names of God: part 43: The Lord my rock.
YHWH Cela Names of God: part 43: The LORD my rock YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Cela means rock and is derived from a word meaning …
Making an ass of myself 