ANCIENT PATHS
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Daily Readings: Matthew 9 and Psalm 9 Matthew 9:35 marks the end of a remarkable season of Jesus’ ministry, which is described between Matthew 4:23 and Matthew 9:35. These two virtually identical verses explain that, during the season they ‘bracket’, “Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area (the region of Galilee),
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Daily Readings: Matthew 6 and Psalm 6 It seems to me that the theme of all Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6 is captured right at the end when He instructs us, His disciples, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.” Whether it’s the way
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Daily Readings: Matthew 5 and Psalm 5 In this first part of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made it abundantly clear that He had not come to lower God’s standards. He had come to fulfil all that God required. Jesus lived a life perfectly pleasing to God the Father, and He taught His followers
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Daily Reading: Matthew 4 and Psalm 4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ (Matthew 4:4 NLT) Jesus was very hungry after his extended season of fasting. In His hunger, He was deeply tempted to use His divine
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From Monday 12 February, the weekday daily blog posts will focus on a chapter (or sometimes two) of the New Testament. This aligns with our Walmer Methodist Church Annual Bible Reading Plan (available for download on the Resources Page of this blog). The readings will cover the entire New Testament over the rest of 2024.
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Daily Reading: Ephesians 4:11-16 We know that Jesus came to make the only Way for us to be brought home and adopted into the Family of God. He died and rose again to restore us to right relationship with God. While He certainly would have done that for you even if you were the only
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Today we turn our attention to the final “Ancient Path” we’ll be considering in this Series – that of diligently following Jesus in community with others. This is one of those beautiful ways we are invited to walk down to encounter the Lord more deeply. Daily Reading: Mark 1:16-20 In our individualistic society, we tend
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Daily Reading: Psalm 86:1-10 Because we only ever read these poems we call the Psalms after they have been translated into our own language, we miss out on the original language’s flow, rhythms and rhymes that are such important elements of any poetry. Perhaps that’s why a psalm can sometimes feel like a slightly disorganised
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Daily Reading: Hebrews 10:19-22 Did you notice that those four verses are a single sentence? It’s as though the author of Hebrews was so excited and overwhelmed by the revelation of God’s invitation that it all came spilling out in breathless wonder. At its very heart, this long sentence is an invitation to “Draw near
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Daily Reading: Exodus 33:7-11 As we continue to reflect on the “Ancient Path” of a lifestyle of prayer, we come to a very significant insight from Exodus 33: 7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’. Anyone enquiring of the Lord would go
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