God Is…Faithful – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of God’s promises given in prophecies hundreds of years before Jesus walked on the earth. We read a particular passage from Jeremiah, where God promised that better days were on the way for the Israelites, a […]
God Is…Good – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Does this sound familiar? 40 years earlier, the Israelites crossed the Red Sea in a similar manner. The waters parted, and they walked through on dry ground. That story was their founding narrative as a […]
God Is…Powerful – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how God told the Israelites to march around the City of Jericho with trumpets instead of attacking it, and how God displayed his power through it. On the seventh day they rose early, at the […]
God Is…Transformative – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Israel sending spies into the city of Jericho in the Promised Land. They were almost found out, but a prostitute named Rahab protected them. When we left off yesterday, she was hiding them, and sending […]
God Is…Speaking – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of Balaam, who was paid to ask God to curse the nation of Israel. God naturally said no, but became frustrated when Balaam didn’t accept his answer. Then things got weird: But God’s anger was kindled […]
God Is…Unfailing – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how Moses sent spies into the promised land to see how Israel could overcome it, and some of the spies lied about having seen ruthless and violent giants there. That’s when the people revolted, repeating […]
God Is…Worthy – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the Israelites working together to build something called the Tabernacle, a tent that would move with them as they travelled, and the focal point of their worship. We saw how the Israelites communicated God’s worth […]
God Is…One – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how Moses was given the Ten Commandments, only to discover that his people were already breaking two of them by worshipping a golden statue! They had just spent 400 years in Egypt, in a land […]
God Is…Holy – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of God giving 10 Commandments to his people, Israel. I asked you to think about what these commandments say about God. The first four are the most direct – first, as we hear about God’s past […]
God Is…Patient – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of how God provided water to the people of Israel when they were thirsty, having been led into a desert to escape slavery. They were grumbling, asking if Moses had brought them out there to die. […]
God Is…Saviour – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the Exodus, when God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. We can now see that God had all this planned. He knew that the people would be frightened. He knew that they would […]
God Is…Generous – Wednesday
Hi, welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for the Daily Challenges. Yesterday we read the story of the Israelites enjoying bread from heaven – manna – when they were hungry and wandering in a desert. I asked yesterday how this story was like an analogy for all of life. I think it […]
Wednesday – Change It – Structured Rest
So far this week, we’ve looked at rhythms for rest, but what should one actually do with that time? One author, Tim Keller, has suggested two main categories of rest. 1) Doing nothing at all. Kick your feet up. 2) Do something different from your usual work. If you work in a bank, volunteering to […]
Wednesday – Change It – Inner Rest
We’re going to take a quick look at a passage from the Sermon on the Mount today, that we actually explored several weeks ago as part of that series. You can find it here: http://bit.ly/14LRCtP Matthew 6:28-34 ESV says: And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: […]
Wednesday – Change It – Finding Rest
Yesterday we explored a story about Jesus and his followers eating grain in the fields on a Saturday, a day of rest, and getting in trouble from the religious authorities. In his response, Jesus referred to one of the great heroes of the Jewish faith, David, who ate holy bread in the temple when he […]