Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Luke 17:11-21.

Jesus continues the journey to Jerusalem. The passage can be divided into seven sections—six teachings and a healing. Plan the “journey” of your day to have seven pauses in it. There are teachings of only two verses long concerning: 1] Scandal (1–2), 2] Forgiveness (3–4), 3] Faith (5–6), 4] Duty (7–10); then comes 5] The Healing of Ten Lepers (11–19), 6] two verses about The Kingdom (20–21) and 7] The Last Days (22–37).

The kingdom of God moves through the hours of the day. In order to access this movement in ways that touch your awareness, there needs to be a blend of your outer life with the Word of God at your depths. A union of outer and inner will come when you pause to find the connection between these seven Words from the Lord, and the events of your day.

Luke 17

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Example: Always ready to forgive v. 4

Fridays are dedicated to the Gospels.
In the season of Pentecost this year we read Luke 9—19:27.

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Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Hebrews 9:11-14.

Trace with the sacred writer the comparison between the old and new covenants, the earthly, and the heavenly. What is of earth is external, bound to time and repetition, as the example given of the once-a-year entry into the Holy of Holies of the Jewish priest. The heavenly is beyond time and space. What happens in heaven happens once and for all. So it is that Jesus, clothed with humanity and divinity as well, blends both priest and victim, offering his own blood in the heavenly sanctuary. At once, he gathers all of us with him in permanent and perpetual atonement.

Live this day more conscious of the heavenly realm where God calls you to live right now—not only when you die. Moments of silence will help you be aware of the present and perpetual shower of God’s healing grace upon you.

Hebrews 8—9

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Example: Blood of Christ sanctifying 9:14

Thursdays are dedicated to the letters of Paul, other letters,
the Book of Acts, and the Book of Revelation.
In the season of Pentecost this year we read 1 Timothy and Hebrews.

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

Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Psalm 135:1-7.

Tap here for a video meditation on Psalm 135.

The psalmist worships with breadth and depth. He begins by praising God as the source for the great expanse of the universe. Next, he goes down into the nation’s past, recalling the pervading power of God’s saving presence. Each verse envelops the psalmist in praise.

Do the same. The psalm wants to widen and deepen your perception by faith of God’s presence to your world, both outer and inner. Move beyond self-absorption, tunnel vision, and narrow mindedness, into the wide courts of the Lord, which stretch before you in the very hours that are ahead. The sky, the horizon, and the expanse of the physical day or night, remind you of the limitless, all pervading presence of God to your world, deep and wide. Drop to your knees in adoration and praise.

Psalm 135

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Example: Praising the name of the Lord v. 1

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