Category: Lent Resources

Day Eighteen – The Chosen Servant. In the preceeding chapters the prophet Isaiah has been addressing the peoples pursuit of false idols. Idols who delude, enslave and are destined to fail. In this passage,...

Day Seventeen – The Name. Psalm 72 is in the style of a prayer that would be offered when a new king was cowned. The prayer not only acknowledged the king, but also lay...

Read Luke Chapter 11 verses 29 – 54. “so that those who come in may see the light.” We read today of what shows on the outside is a reflection of what is inside....

Day Sixteen – The Champion. Our Psalm today is one of praise for the power of God demonstrated in salvation. The psalm can be divided into three sections. Praising God for his saving power...

Read Luke Chapter 11 verses 1 – 28. “knock and the door will be opened to you.” We read today the origin of the Lord’s prayer. Sometimes we find it difficult to pray, our...

Day Fifteen – The Forsaken. Psalm 22 is the first of a group of psalms that describe the suffering of an individual. The first line of the psalm is familiar to us, as Jesus...

Read Luke Chapter 10 verses 25 – 42. “Go and do likewise.” Having spoken about barren places yesterday we move today to a story based on an inhospitable road. The familiar story of the...

Day Fourteen – The Appeal. We live in a broken world, so too does our psalmist in his psalm today. He appeals to God to punish those who accuse him. The psalms are difficult...

Read Luke Chapter 10 verses 1 – 24. “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.” We follow the vision of the transfiguration with a widening of the circle of disciples and the...

Day Thirteen – The Scorn. Even the mighty of God go through times of testing. In this Psalm David draws a vivid picture of his woes, he is drowning in his troubles. He crys...