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Daily Readings: Judges 6 and Psalm 30 “If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?” Gideon asked the angel of the Lord in Judges 6:13. The unspoken answer is recorded in v.1, “The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord.” The angel could well have replied, “You brought this down…
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Daily Readings: Judges 5 and Psalm 29 Deborah’s song in Judges 5 is a victory celebration that feels rather awkward. Certainly, she praises God and acknowledges that He won this great victory for her and for Israel. Yet it carries a note of self-congratulation (“until, I, Deborah arose” v.7), of naming and shaming those who…
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Daily Readings: Judges 4 and Psalm 28 “Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them for ever.” (v.9) David’s prayer in Psalm 28 must be the sort of cry the Israelites also raised to God from beneath the cruel oppression of Jabin (Judges 4). It was their own rebellion against…
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Daily Readings: Judges 3 and Psalm 27 How can King David say so courageously: “Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear;though war break out against me, even then I will be confident”? He answers that question himself in v.1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation” and “The Lord is the stronghold of my life.” The focus…
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Daily Readings: Judges 2 and Psalm 26 In Judges 2 we get a preview of the entire book. Throughout Judges we will see God’s people caught in a vicious cycle of falling into idolatry and immorality in disobedience to the God who had saved and blessed them – suffering the consequences of their disobedience –…
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Luke 5:1-11 This Sermon was preached at the 9am service on Sunday 6 February 2022. We are into week two of our “Called to Covenant” Series. Allow me to remind you that a “Covenant” is a formal agreement by two or more parties to establish a relationship on certain conditions and with certain privileges, responsibilities…
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Daily Readings: Judges 1 and Psalm 25 In Psalm 25 David prays, “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me.” (v.4-5). Later he prays: “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.” (v. 21) In this we learn that it is not enough to ask…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 24 and Psalm 24 “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord,” Joshua boldly declared, as he laid down the gauntlet for the Israelites to decide where their allegiance lay – whether to Yahweh, the Great I AM, or to the idolatrous gods their parents had been led astray…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 23 and Psalm 23 As Joshua prepared the people for his death, He reminded them not only that obedience and faithfulness to God would result in blessings, but also that God’s holiness was not to be taken lightly. Just as God would always keep His promises to bless, so too God would…
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Daily Readings: Joshua 22 and Psalm 22 Every so often in Scripture, the LORD brought His people back to the heart of His commands. It happened again in Joshua 22, when they had settled in the land and been given safety from their enemies. Being physically “safe” and comfortable makes it easy to forget the…
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