Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Colossians 4:2-6.

There are two concepts for time in Greek. Chronos (our word “chronology”) means “duration of time.” It is the amount of time, a time-line. The other concept is kairos. This means “opportunity,” a special moment in time, an appointed time. When Paul urges us to “redeem the time,” he uses the word kairos. Within a movement of time, there are many “precious moments,” not unlike the famous Christian figurines of the same name. Just as moments in time are precious when spent with a loved one, so in Christ every moment of life can become precious.

Time is redeemed, made worthwhile, when you live in the love that Christ Jesus has for you. Verse 6 is worth committing to memory so that all your moments of speaking will be precious. “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”

Colossians 4

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Example: Speech being always gracious v. 6

Thursdays are dedicated to the letters of Paul, other letters,
the Book of Acts, and the Book of Revelation.
In the Winter Season of Advent to Epiphany this year we read the Letters of John and Jude.

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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 just days away from Palm Sunday and the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The first singers of this Psalm know that the one who would lead them in triumph over all enemies would be the Suffering Servant. Jesus fulfills verses 3 and 4. These lines perfectly image death and resurrection. The resurrection has broken the cords of the scourging and the dragging of Jesus along the road leading to Calvary.

What do you experience as binding you, perhaps whipping you, and dragging you along in life? Believe that Jesus has taken your cords to himself and broken them for risen life. Be ready to know those precise, highly personal ways that Jesus is setting you free. Total, complete inner freedom is God’s offer to you. Accept no substitutes!

Psalm 129

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Example: Hatred withering like grass v. 6 

In the Season of Lent this year we read Psalm 125 to 129.

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Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter Job 39:19-30.

For thirty-seven chapters, Job and his friends have been going back and forth. Now it is time for God to have the final word. Yet the response of God in chapter 39 consists of questions—seventeen of them. However, they are very different from the heady, judgmental, and moralistic ones that Job’s friends have been posing in their tedious game of tug ‘o war. God simply asks questions about creatures and nature intended to shake Job out of his woes and thrust him back into wonder. These questions come as so many karate chops to Job’s spirit. There is a sense of “loving cynicism” from God, which you will catch if you read “you” with emphasis, referring to Job. More importantly, let the “you” be you!

Job 39

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Example: Being borne on eagle’s wings v. 27

Tuesdays are dedicated to the Old Testament books of history
and the Hebrew “Writings.”
In the Season of Lent this year we read Job 15-21; 39-40

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