Daily Reflection Verses

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Monday – 02 December 2013

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Verses:           

Isaiah 4:2-6

Psalm 122:1-4, 8-9

Matthew 8:5-11

Isaiah 4:2-6

The Branch of the Lord

² In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. ³ Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. ⁴ The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. ⁵ Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. ⁶ It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

Psalm 122:1-4, 8-9

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹ I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
² Our feet are standing
    in your gates, Jerusalem.

³ Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
⁴ That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.
⁸ For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.

Matthew 8:5-11

The Faith of the Centurion

⁵ When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ⁶ “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”

⁷ Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

⁸ The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. ¹¹ I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

INSIGHTFUL WISDOM

STRETCHED

“Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out.” – Isaiah 42:5

December 2011. I yearned for something different that Christmas. Our family always had Christmas lunch together and opened gifts afterwards. This year, I wanted to celebrate differently, though I didn't know how. A few days after, I got my answer, but not in the way I expected. A minor accident caused a fracture in my smallest toe, and a splint had to be put. I walked with a cane for five weeks. There go my Christmas shopping and parties, I thought

For the first few days, all I could see were the limitations caused by the fracture. I wanted to be healed immediately. But I later realized that the splint was necessary. There was no medicine, just a natural course of healing. During those weeks, God stretched me. I grew in gratitude, patience and joy. I experienced the extra care and love of family and friends. More than the physical healing, a spiritual healing took place. This was truly a different Christmas.

May we value the lessons that the Lord will teach us this season! – Alex 

Prayer:

My Saviour, thank You for Your unending work of salvation in my life. Amen.

Wise Words:

“Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God’s most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth.” – Charles Stanley

Source:

New International Version (NIV)

Living Water 2013