ANCIENT PATHS
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Daily Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16 Today’s passage offers a glorious picture of what is actually happening whenever we truly pray: Prayer is not some sort of cosmic phone call to God. It is an intimate, in-person conversation with a loving Heavenly Father. Hebrews 4 paints the picture that, in the instant we turn our hearts and
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Daily Reading: Matthew 6:5-15 Today we shift our attention to the Ancient Path of Prayer. We understand that the diligent pursuit of God-pleasing, sincere prayer has been a trustworthy path for relating to God faithfully, and for living in His abundant life, ever since Adam and Eve walked with the LORD in the Garden “in
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Daily Reading: Psalm 25 Walking out our faith through everyday, practical life-application of God’s will, comes with multiple challenges. Psalm 25 recognises that one of the first challenges is accurately discerning the will and the ways of the Lord. Life is complex. People and situations can be confusing; and even our own thoughts and feelings
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Daily Reading: Joshua 1:1-9 Yesterday we ended by noticing the importance of the presence of the LORD to motivate and empower us to walk in obedience to His Word and His will. Today, in Joshua 1, that takes centre-stage. Our passage is filled with instruction related directly to our focus on putting the Word of
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Daily Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1-9 As we continue to consider the Ancient Path of Christian Action, today’s reading begins with Moses laying down a very important principle for God’s people: “2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.” We
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Daily Reading: James 1:19-27 James is a straight-talking, no-nonsense letter, and this section very clearly fulfils the functions of the Word of God which were highlighted in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 – particularly the “rebuking” and “correcting” functions. It demands that we take a hard look at ourselves and recognise how often we receive the wondrous
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Today our attention shifts to the coming Sunday’s focus on the “Ancient Path” of Christian Action. Daily Reading: Matthew 7:24-29 Yesterday’s reading (Psalm 119:89-113) showed us that the Word of the Lord is Life-Giving. In today’s reading, Jesus uncompromisingly lays down the truth that this life-giving power of the Word is only released when we
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Daily Reading: Psalm 119:89-113 Today’s passage is filled with praise to God for His Life-Giving Word. Whether the LORD’s spoken and/or written word is identified as a “law”, “command”, “precept”, “statute” or “decree”, its virtues are joyfully extolled. I invite you to take time to search these verses and list every inherent quality of the
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Daily Reading: 2 Peter 1:12-21 As our passage begins, it’s evident the apostle Peter has a deep sense that his death (which Jesus prophesied in John 21:18-19) is imminent. He writes of his urgent need to remind his readers of the great truths of the gospel message, because he knows that he will soon put
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Today we start a four-week season of focussing on various “Ancient Paths”. This is a reference to Jeremiah 6:16 in which God’s people are commanded to “‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” Of course, in
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