Saturday, 28 September 2013

Bible Focus                                


Bible Focus started as a brief daily devotion in mid-2012. I found I was soon sharing the thoughts the Lord was giving me, with an increasing number of brethren via sms phone messages. The task and number of messages became too large to pursue every day, which gave rise to this blog of daily devotions linked to  our church website: http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au  

Here, all those who wanted to access the daily portion and make it part of their personal devotional time of prayer and study, could do so at any time it suited them.

Over the past year, 356 plus devotionals on various parts of the Scriptures, have resulted. These offer a full year of daily spiritual servings for contemplation and discipline in the Word. I do not profess to have the greatest or best content, but have prayerfully tried to offer a focus and brief look into portions of God’s Word and verses not usually visited for devotional purposes, or in fact in some cases hardly read at all! While providing some comments and thoughts, the brief messages contained in each entry have been intended as primers or starting points for further personal meditation, study and development, or maybe as seed for sharing and discussion.

Some have suggested that an audio version would be useful and in some cases desirable. As requested, I intend to make this endeavour available in audio format also for those who may prefer or be more inclined or limited to listen rather than actually read.

With God’s help I will in time return to Bible Focus and attempt to produce a second year of brief notes on various scripture passages, so that they may be used either as an am/pm devotional focus in the Bible, or as a means of alternating the daily devotional from one year to the next, so that the material offered may remain fresh to the reader.

I covet the prayers of those who have participated by reading these simple offerings, and pray with all humility of heart that some benefit to the soul, help in the Christian walk and encouragement to study God’s Word further and deeper, may ensue from them. I know I have personally benefited from the prayer, study, research and meditation which have gone in each brief article every day for the past year.

I glorify the Lord Jesus for all He has supplied: all inspiration, understanding, thought and word, for without Him and the help of His Holy Spirit, there would be no spiritual understanding, strength or growth.

May the Lord richly bless every faithful believer who daily builds relationship with Jesus by fervent prayer, and drinking deeply from the everlasting, fresh and restorative fountain of His Holy Word.


Sep 30

“Whereof I was made a minister,…” Ephesians 3:7


http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion

Sep 29

“…there shall come in the last days scoffers,…” 2 Peter 3:3


http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion

Sep 28

“And Ezra…brought the law before the congregation both of men and women,” Nehemiah 8:2


http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion

Sep 27

“…So it pleased the king to send me;…” Nehemiah 2:6


http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion

Sep 26

“…But they thought to do me mischief.” Nehemiah 6:2


http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion

Sep 25

“If any man teach otherwise,…” 1 Timothy 6:3


http://www.pentecostalfamilychurch.com.au/devotion