1 May 2008
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Psalm 23: We Lack NothingThe Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will (...)
1 April 2008
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Matthew 5:23-24: Reconciliation Now!Jesus said: If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother or sister, then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24)
In welcoming us, God gives us peace. But God’s peace does not put us to sleep. The word of the Gospel cannot leave us quiet. “If at the altar”, says Jesus, that is: in the presence of God, “you remember that your brother or sister has (...)
1 March 2008
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Romans 8:18-27: The Longing of CreationI consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the (...)
1 February 2008
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 13:10-17: A Healing That RemembersOn a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and (...)
1 January 2008
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)1 Peter 2:4-6.9-10: Living StonesCome to Christ, the living Stone—rejected by human beings but chosen by God and precious to him. You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may (...)
1 December 2007
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Isaiah 30:15-19: Your Salvation Lies in QuietThus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. But you refused and said, "No! We will flee upon horses"— therefore you shall flee! and, "We will ride upon swift steeds"— therefore your pursuers shall be swift! (…) Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. Truly, O people in Zion, (...)
1 November 2007
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Isaiah 2:2-5: On the Road to the Human FamilyIn the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will (...)
1 October 2007
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Matthew 7:7-11: Ask and TrustJesus said, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:7-11 NIV)
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1 September 2007
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Isaiah 1:11-18: Attentiveness to God, Respect for Human BeingsThe multitude of your sacrifices—what are they to me? says the Lord. I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts? Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—I cannot bear your evil assemblies. Your New Moon festivals and your (...)
1 August 2007
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Ephesians 2:14-22: One Human FamilyChrist himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have (...)