Journey through and dwell within the Scriptures with Alan Hoare, in the spirit of lectio divina, with these daily devotional commentaries.
Today's thought: deep mercy and compassion, mingled with righteous and severe judgment are found in God.
Today's thought: time spent in contemplative gazing at God opens a door to reveal the deeper purposes of heaven.
Today's thought: in our search for God, we will find that, even before we were born, heaven was arranging the encounter.
Today's thought: a nobody can become a somebody in the presence of Jesus, and life changes.
Today's thought: there is astonishing power in the voice of Jesus when he speaks. Human voices come nowhere near.
Today's thought: authentic and fruitful ministry flows out of a listening relationship with Christ.
Today's thought: a true follower of Jesus will find that conflict is in the contract.
Today's thought: having landed on the shore of the kingdom of heaven, burn your boat.
Today's thought: long, thoughtful, and prayer consideration of our calling will provide inner strength for future conflicts.
Today's thought: moments of revelation often prepare us for moments of frustration. Learn from both.
Today's thought: this encounter marked them for life. Such encounters do.
Today's thought: our view of eternal values should be the major influence in our thinking and practice.
Today's thought: if we are going to do the long walk with Jesus, we to have to get our thinking in line with his.
Today's thought: only a personal revelation of Jesus, the Son of God, can hold us in the storms of life.
Today's thought: to be honest, if he has our willing and obedient hearts, then he has all that he needs.
Today's thought: it is often in the bleak times that we, like Mary, must hold on to what God has already said to us.
Today's thought: here, too, is a perfect balance of us attending to God and him attending to us.
Today's thought: walking with Jesus is only possible by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Today's thought:the Beatitudes reveal the heart, the culture, and the values of the kingdom of heaven.
Today's thought: Jesus did warn them. The choosing and the calling came with personal cost.