Listen: “And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.” (Ephesians […]
ROL: Experiencing the Abundant Life
Listen: “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV) Reflect: I am writing today’s reflection early, trusting He who speaks to us knows what is to come in ten days’ time. […]
ROL: Receiving
Listen: “I stretch out my hands to Thee; my soul longs for Thee, as a parched land.” (Psalm 143:6) Reflect: When my 95-year-old father suffered a stroke, the brain damage caused him to cry out in terror every few minutes. To cope with this uncontrollable urge, he redirected his shouts to praise, thanksgiving, singing, reciting […]
ROL: Uniting
Listen: “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” (Colossians 3:14 NRSV) Reflect: Uniting – when I first saw the theme for this day, my heart went back to the 1970s when I first gave mine to Christ. Two choruses came to mind, the first, ‘We are one in […]
ROL: Living Generously
Listen: “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.” (2 Corinthians 9:11) Reflect: Have you ever given your wallet to someone and said, “please use what you need!” ? That is basically what happened in the parable of […]
ROL: Steadfast
Listen: “Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labour is not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:58) Reflect: Reflection: Unshakable Confidence Unexpected interruptions and troubles around the world are hitting us like hurricanes making landfalls. The twists and turns of the unforeseen […]
ROL: Being Fully Armored
Listen: “The night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the Armor of light.” (Romans 13:12) Reflect: Like many businesses the world over, the one I work for is struggling to figure out how to move ahead financially knowing that there will be […]
ROL: Standing on the Rock
Listen: “He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.” (Psalm 62:2 NKJV) Reflect: My husband and I recently went for a walk and a soak in the sun in one of the re-opened parks in Bucharest. Walks in nature are so life-giving and we missed them […]
ROL: Accepting Forgiveness
Listen: “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.” Acts 13:38-39 (NIV) Reflect: However I feel, whatever anyone else, thinks, or […]