Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and the Psalm.

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The messianic joy of yesterday continues. Hebrews 1:8–9 applies these verses to Christ. From this understanding, the bride is the church, as the writer of Ephesians describes in 5:32.

If there is any event of great joy in human life, it is a marriage. Married love begins with a burst of energy and direction in life. The two look to the future together with anticipation and fresh joy.

For mystic writers, the soul is feminine before God. As the bridegroom, Christ seeks to carry you as his beloved into the house of his risen body. What plans he has for you as you move into the future together!

Picture the “oil of gladness” of verse 7 flowing over you, completely transforming you.

Psalm 45

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Example: Anointed with oil of joy v. 7

We continue to follow the Psalms in numerical order.

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Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and the beginning of the reading: 2 Samuel 19:1-8.

Power, division, and disloyalty continue, eventually resulting in the two separate kingdoms of Israel and Judah after the death of Solomon. “I am content just to have you back again, my lord!” 19:30. This verse comes from the lips of Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson whom David had taken as his own. The return of King David is all that Mephibosheth wants; everything else can go. The presence of the Lord Christ in your heart—what else do you need?

The side of Jesus was opened and divided, so that there could be healing and reconciliation among those torn by division. Even the inner divisions that may be breaking your heart are healed, because Jesus had his heart broken for you.

Greater is the power of Jesus’s love than the powers that would split you apart.

2 Samuel 19—21

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Example: Your love beneath all sadness

Tuesdays are dedicated to the Old Testament books of history
and the Hebrew “Writings.”
In the season of Kingdomtide this year we read Proverbs 15-16, 2 Samuel and Ecclesiastes 1-4.

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Listen to Nick read the Firestarter and Isaiah 37:23-38.

The Lord speaks through the mouth of Isaiah, responding as only God can do. The former blasphemies of the Assyrians, as well as the pride of God’s people and their lack of reliance upon God, are unmasked with strong assertions of what God is going to do.

There are verses that need to take deep root in your heart, saved from the scorched grass of verse 27. Meditate upon the following in verse 26: “Long ago I planned what I am now causing to happen …” You may think that your present situation is the result of what you have done. On another level, God is working with even your mistakes and sins to bring forth God’s plan in your life. Will you let God do this?

The three-year reference to eating the fruits of the land in verse 30, draws attention to the three-year cycle of praying through the Bible. Can you sense the growth in your spiritual life by defining each day by God’s Word?

Isaiah 37:21–38

Mondays are dedicated to the reading of the Hebrew Prophets.
In the season of Kingdomtide this year we read Isaiah 28 – 39.

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Example: Sitting humbly before You v. 29

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.