Read The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise Read more
Read “Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But Read more
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. – Zephaniah 3:17 Every time we switch on the TV, look at our phones, Read more
It feels slightly odd to me to be writing this week’s Midweek Musings – because I wasn’t there! However, here we are… As always, please feel free to comment in the space below, if only to keep me informed of what I missed! Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on Read more
On Sunday, we put into practice a bit of silence and solitude (thank you Mike & Judy for hosting!) As promised, Dot recommended we watch this podcast: Watch this: Reflect: How can you add times of silence and solitude into your weekly schedule? Go Deeper: Try this challenge: Silence & Read more
Read The Widow’s Olive Oil The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” Elisha replied to her, “How Read more
Well, my brothers and sisters, let’s summarise. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you. – 1 Corinthians Read more
Quite often Midweek Musings is an opportunity to reflect on the teaching points from Sunday. However, when the main teaching point is the verse that tells us that “when [we] come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything Read more
Biblical Definition of Fasting: the voluntary abstaining of food (and sometimes drink) Types of Fasting: 1. Normal Fast – No food, water still consumed. Example: Jesus in the wilderness (Matthew 4:2: “After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.”) 2. Absolute Fast (Dry Fast) – No food or water. Read more
Look: Psalm 91:4 Read: ‘On his return, Jesus was welcomed by a crowd. They were all there expecting him. A man came up, Jairus by name. He was president of the meeting place. He fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come to his home because his twelve-year-old daughter, Read more