Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and Acts 10:1-8 — the beginning of today’s reading.

Angels often appear at moments in the life of God’s people when God is about to act in a special way. This chapter relates the beginning of the power of God poured out, not only on the Chosen People, but also upon all people.

The angel comes to Cornelius and Peter while they are praying at the appointed times, the quarter parts of the day. Two persons come together to realize more fully that God was about to have the Holy Spirit poured out on the Gentiles. Recall the visit of Mary and Elizabeth. They meet; Jesus and John meet; John leaps for joy.

A new era begins in the Church with the meeting of Cornelius and Peter. The Holy Spirit comes down on the people who “leap for joy” with the gift of tongues. Dwell on the significance of this incident as the Spirit is poured out upon you.

Acts 10

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Example: Not profane, what God has made v. 15

Thursdays are dedicated to the letters of Paul, other letters,
the Book of Acts, and the Book of Revelation.
In the Easter Season this year we read Acts 10:1 to 18:22.

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Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and the Psalm.

For a video meditation on today’s Psalm created three years ago, Tap here.

We are not very good at waiting in modern society. We want immediate results. Waiting implies impatience, irritation and perhaps even the doubt that what one is waiting for is going to happen.

Not so in the Hebrew mind. “Waiting for the Lord” in the Hebrew Scriptures is a serene, confident hope that the Lord is going to intervene, even if not immediately. However relentless be the attacks of evil that come upon a person, evil will have much less patience than the patience given as a grace to wait for the Lord. That is why David can say with such assurance that the weight in the scale of proud, arrogant, and wealthy people is very light in comparison to the weight of the presence of the Lord.

Augustine called God Pondus Meum, “My Weight.” As you pray this psalm, let the weight of your centered, relaxed body by a sign of God’s risen presence in Christ who now lives within you after your days of Lenten waiting.

Psalm 62

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Example: Waiting for God in silence vv. 1,5

We continue to read the Psalms in numerical order.

For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook.  You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information