Bible

Timeline of Passover in Enemy Territory with Examen

Harry K. Zeiders

25 Mar 2024 — 1 min read

Examining Ourselves

Trust/Faith

• Like Joshua, do I trust the Triune God to fulfill — either in this mortal life or in my resurrected life — his good promises and good reign in my life?
• What is one area in my life where I am tempted to not fully trust God?
• Our Father, what’s one practical step you want me to take this week to strengthen my trust in you?

Attachment/Love

• Like Moses, is my self-identity deeply rooted in my relationship with Father God?
• What is one thing that tempts me away from fully dwelling in God’s love 24/7 ?
• Our Father, what’s one practical step you want me to take this week to strengthen my attachment to you?

Patience/Hope

• Like Jesus, do I persist in the hope — no matter how much I suffer — that I will have the joy of being in the full presence of the Father?
• What is one way the Enemy plants his discouraging lie in my heart to think God’s future reward will not be enough to make up for all that I have ever suffered?
• Our Father, what’s one practical step you want me to take this week to strengthen my patient hope of being in your full presence?

32 Insights about Yahweh from 10 Verses in Psalm 119

Law (torah) appears 10 times in the latter portion of Psalm 119 (verses 105 to 176) — here are 32 theological implications about Yahweh from those verses. As I tease out these theological implications, I will employ my preferred translation of torah (tôrâ) as "code of conduct": Psalm 119.

The Big Idea from 30 Psalms

Here are the big ideas from 30 psalms from a preaching series in 2024, as our congregation read through the 150 psalms in 30 Sundays: 3 — When your own flesh & blood want you dead. 9 — I can praise Yahweh even when suffering disrupts the basic alphabet of my life.

Getting What We Deserve

nostrils pinched as we attempt to console ourselves with the reminder that we are not beatifying or canonizing them . . . God has allowed our virtue or lack thereof to be magnified in two particularly dismal nominees

Jesus-centered Intercessions

These congregational call-and-response supplications are based on Common Worship’s Eastertide prayers of the people. Jesus, our exalted Lord, has been given all authority. Let us seek His intercession that our prayers may be perfected by His prayer. Jesus, great high priest, living for ever to intercede for us: Pray