Day 157: 2 Chronicles 19-22; John 15:18-16:15
by Jonathan Merki on June 6th, 2023
Jesus to disciples: "I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now." (John 16:12)Information overload...TMI. There is so much out there that it can easily just become noise, and the thing about noise is that it can be tuned out. But, what if that information is life or death? Then, there are those who seem genuine in their concern that the truth be heard. I think of a recent pu... Read More
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Day 156: 2 Chronicles 16-18; John 15:1-17
by Jonathan Merki on June 5th, 2023
I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing. John 15:11, AMP.This morning my waking song was "Abide" (Aaron Williams and Aaron Keyes) and then we read those famous words of Jesus. The secret of abiding is absolute surrender and utter dependence. The truth of the matter is, apart from Jesus there is nothing ... Read More
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Day 155: 2 Chronicles 13-15; John 14:1-17
by Jonathan Merki on June 4th, 2023
Does Jesus really offer us a blank check? "If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it" (John 14:14, CSB). Surely sounds like a blank check. Put that in its context and you get a wonderfully complete picture. Everything starts with a deep and abiding relationship between Lord and disciple. It is out of a loving obedience (v.15) that Christ seals our relationship (Ephesians 1:13-14), filling us... Read More
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Day 154: 2 Chronicles 10-12; John 13:21-38
by Jonathan Merki on June 3rd, 2023
That phrase at the end of John 13:30 always gets me: "And it was night." More personally ominous is John's recording of Judas' experience...'and Satan entered him' (v.27). Of course, the two are related. Ironically, he whose name means 'light' (Lucifer) is the author of 'night'...everything devoid of God, and Jesus Who is the Light of the world. Pity the people walking about, stumbling and fumblin... Read More
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Day 153: 2 Chronicles 7-9; John 13:1-20
by Jonathan Merki on June 2nd, 2023
Jesus replied to him, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but you will [fully] understand it later.” (John 13:7, AMP)Can you identify? What? Wait? What's going on here? The Rabbi would never stoop to do the work of a slave, yet the Great Rabbi was washing his disciples' feet. Everyone knew the disciples served every desire and need of the Rabbi, yet these disciples in this moment were too bus... Read More
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Day 152: 2 Chronicles 4-6; John 12:20-50
by Jonathan Merki on June 1st, 2023
Allow me to digress from our reading. Last evening as beautiful as it was outside, we took our chairs out, put them in a circle, prayed and pondered the Word. Even two Zoomers joined in. As we sat in the outdoor sanctuary, the presence of God was clearly with us. No cloud covered that sanctuary as it did for Solomon's temple dedication, but the witness of God's presence was felt. We took some time... Read More
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