1 January 2010
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 9:23-25: Becoming a Disciple of ChristJesus said, “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let them renounce themselves and take up their cross every day and follow me. Anyone who wants to save their life will lose it; but anyone who loses their life for my sake will save it. What benefit is it to anyone to win the whole world and forfeit or lose their very self?” (Luke 9:23-25)
Steeped in the life of Christ and his love for others, the disciples are men and women who want to live as he lived. During the public life of Jesus, a crowd (...)
1 December 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Acts 12, 1-17 : The Empty CellAbout that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them. He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword. When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.) When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to (...)
1 November 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Mark 2:13-17: A New BeginningJesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them. As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him. As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he (...)
1 October 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Philippians 2:1-5: Living as FriendsIf there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2:1-5)
There are times in our (...)
1 September 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Isaiah 6:1-8: A Copernican RevolutionIn the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; his train filled the sanctuary. Above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet and two for flying; and they were shouting these words to each other: Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh Sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth. The door-posts shook at the sound of their shouting, and the Temple was full of smoke. Then I said: ‘Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips and (...)
1 August 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Mark 12:41-44: Going All the WayJesus sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:41-44) (...)
1 July 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)John 5:19-23.30: True FreedomJesus said: “The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son (...)
1 June 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)2 Corinthians 1:18-20: An Unconditional YesAs surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No." For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes." For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 1:18-20)
It is often said that what people desire most in life is to love and be loved. But what is love?
Although love (...)
1 May 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Psalm 63: Abundance in the DesertGod, you are my God, for you I long; My soul is thirsting for you, my body pines for you, like a dry and parched land without water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Your love is better than life; my lips will sing your praise. I will praise you as long as I live, in your name lift up my hands. My soul is satisfied as at a banquet; with joyful lips my mouth will praise you. On my bed I remember you; I think of you all through the night. You have been my help, I (...)
1 April 2009
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)John 1:35-42: What do you want?When John 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 the two who heard what John had said and who had followed (...)