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Bible Moment (Page 7)

Take a moment…
pause and read the reflections on a passage from the Bible, written by one of our Clergy or a Lay reader.
(This can be added to enhance your Devotions)

Bible Moment: Trust & Obedience

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3: 5-6 NKJV) Take a Moment to Ponder Trust is central to human nature. It is a deep faith bestowed in someone. Christians do not have a…

Bible Moment: Chosen by God

“ You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.” (St. John 15:16) Take a Moment to Ponder What does it mean when Jesus said we did not…

Bible Moment: Hope?

“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” Job 14:14  Take a Moment to Ponder Recently I had to deal with the death of a friend and also a member of my family. This posed a challenge to me (even as…

Bible Moment: Wonderfully Made

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 Take a Moment to Ponder Recently I inveigled my barber to give me a haircut different from what I am accustomed. It has been quite a show stopper, as many persons have commented that…

Bible Moment – You are Beloved

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 Take a Moment to Ponder This month (May) we celebrated Child Month and there were a number of initiatives…

Bible Moment: “God is with You”

I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 A Moment to Ponder The familiarity and relative safety of the wilderness was at his back, while the Promised Land lay before him, but before Joshua set out,…

Bible Moment: God cares for the vulnerable

“Make sure that you do not look down on the little ones, on those who are further behind you on the path of righteousness. For I tell you: they are watched over by those most beloved messengers who are always in the company of my Father in heaven.” Matthew 18:10 (The Voice) A Moment to…

Bible Moment – God’s PROMISE

Exodus 6  5Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. 10Then the Lord said to Moses, 11“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.” Take a Moment to Ponder In a time when the prosperity gospel is very popular…

Bible Moment – Wait on God!

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become…

Bible Moment – John 6

After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.  A large crowd kept following him, ….‘Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?’ 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do…” Continue reading>> John 6 Take…

Bible Moment – 50 days of Easter

Christ, our Passover has been sacrificed for us, so let us celebrate the Feast, not with the old leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:8  Take a Moment to Ponder Easter is here and it is here for 50 days, indeed for a lifetime. What…

Bible Moment – Easter

 “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. (Mark 16: 2 – 4, NIV) Take a Moment to Ponder Disciple Mary, along with other faithful women, was first on the scene, after Sabbath…