1 January 2015
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)1 Corinthians 7:29-31: What Passes Away and What RemainsWhat I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:29-31)
It is easy to misunderstand some passages from Saint Paul’s letters. This (...)
1 December 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)John 1:35-42: The First DisciplesThe next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of (...)
1 November 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 23:39-43: Liberated at the CrossOne of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:39-43)
Two criminals are crucified next to (...)
1 October 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Deuteronomy 26:1-11: Giving back to God what God has given usWhen you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our (...)
1 September 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Matthew 6:19-21: True WealthJesus said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21)
A treasure can refer to something we desire deeply or something precious we hold on to. A treasure gives us joy in the present and security for the days to come. It is (...)
1 August 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Romans 12:3-13: One Body in ChristFor by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is (...)
1 July 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Job 1:1-21: To believe for nothing?In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a (...)
1 June 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 6:20-23: Happy are you!Jesus looked up at his disciples and said: Happy are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God Happy are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Happy are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Happy are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. (Luke 6:20-23)
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1 May 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Isaiah 50:4-8: The Lord’s Servant, a Disciple under FireThe Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away. I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. (...)
1 April 2014
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)James 1:19-27: Putting the Word into PracticeMy dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks (...)