Catch up 4

Monday, 8 March 2010
Luke 19
8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”

I love the joyful exuberance of salvation: may God restore that in my heart!

22 And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

God create out of nothing and expects us to do the same! He looks for faith.
Posted by Jingle at 3/08/2010 06:13:00 AM 0 comments
Deuteronomy 23-25
5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

Love breaks the curse and brings a blessing.
Posted by Jingle at 3/08/2010 06:03:00 AM 0 comments
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Luke 18
43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.

I ask for more"immediatelys" on the streets of Bromley. Amen!
Posted by Jingle at 3/07/2010 09:58:00 PM 0 comments
Deuteronomy 20-22
10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

There is a place for pooling strengths, but when tasks have been allocated let the donkeys do the donkey work and the oxes do their thing.
Posted by Jingle at 3/07/2010 09:53:00 PM 0 comments
Luke 17
5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 7 And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? 8 But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.[c] 10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’”

Faith works through love, but love is demontrated in obedience.
Posted by Jingle at 3/07/2010 09:40:00 PM 0 comments
Deuteronomy 17-19
15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’ 17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.


Fiduciary.
Posted by Jingle at 3/07/2010 09:39:00 PM 0 comments
Monday, 1 March 2010
Deuteronomy 13-16
1IF A prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
2And the sign or the wonder he foretells to you comes to pass, and if he says, Let us go after other gods--gods you have not known--and let us serve them,
3You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being.

Prophecy tests our hearts.
Posted by Jingle at 3/01/2010 01:01:00 PM 0 comments
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Luke 16
13No servant is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (riches, or anything in which you trust and on which you rely).
14Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things [taken together], and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him.

One master. Not ambition, not wealth, not fame, not power. One beautiful, loving, friend and Saviour. Jesus. He is worth all the rest.
Posted by Jingle at 2/28/2010 11:28:00 PM 0 comments
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Deuteronomy 10-12
8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.

It still is the duty of the Lord's ministers to pronounce blessing. Those we bless will be blessed, as we declare what Jesus says over their lives. We must be careful that our correction doesn't carry over into cursing and we neglect the ministry of pronounced blessings.
Posted by Jingle at 2/27/2010 06:49:00 PM 0 comments
Luke 15
8"Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

Search carefully.
Posted by Jingle at 2/27/2010 12:26:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, 26 February 2010
Deuteronomy 7-9
22 The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

Conquest is assured according to our capacity to contain.
Posted by Jingle at 2/26/2010 01:33:00 AM 0 comments
Luke 14
33In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

Everything.
Posted by Jingle at 2/26/2010 01:21:00 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Deuteronomy 4-6
6So keep them and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Be set apart and youi'll be honoured; be the same and you'll be despised.