ISSL Reflections September 12 2021 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 14-19 Post 1

I.Last week we focused on singing as an element of praise. This week our focus is drawn to dance. On your first reading of this passage take in the actions and the sounds as if you were sitting on a … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections September 5 2021 Exodus 15:1-3, 11-21 Post 3

VII.Once more let’s return to our focus passage. As you read it, take in all the feeling and emotion these folk bring to the words they now offer to their God. Exodus 15:1-3 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections September 5 2021 Exodus 15:1 -3, 11-21 Post 2

IV.I encourage you to read again this week’s focus passage. You can find it at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15%3A1-3%2C+11-21&version=NRSV Today pay attention to what the singers claim about God. V.Let’s see … I notice – … strength … might… salvation … majestic in … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections September 5 2021 Exodus 15:1-3, 11-21 Post 1

I.With this Scripture passage we begin 13 weeks centering on praise. We will think about forms of praise, the desire to praise, ever hopefully explore where praise arises in us and takes us. We start today focusing on a passage … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections August 29, 2021 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10 Post 3

VIII.Paul tells us – “… so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.” Life? Life that is not defined by “the earthly tent we live in” and “this slight momentary affliction”? Let’s read the passage and notice … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections August 29, 2021 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10 Post 2

IV.In the last post I briefly called our attention to the mention of “this slight affliction.” And to be more precise Paul calls it a “slight momentary affliction.” As you read the passage again with this phrase in mind, notice … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections August 29, 2021 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10 Post 1

I.As you read this week’s focus passage, what begins to capture your attention? He asks us to “not lose heart” and then in the course of these few words “helps” us see some of the reasons why we might “lose … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections August 22, 2021 1 John 4:2-3, 13-17; 5:4-5 Post 3

VII.By spending time with these passages from 1 John what have you come to know or to know more deeply? VIII.1 John 4:2-3 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections August 22, 2021 1 John 4:2-3, 13-17; 5:4-5 Post 2

IV.As I return to the passages today, I am drawn to the phrase, “conquers the world.” What does it take to conquer the world? V.1 John 4:2-3 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections August 22, 2021 1 John 4:2-3, 13-17; 5:4-5 Post 1

I.This week we will consider three passages from 1 John. As you read these passages a few times, what do you notice that “ties” the passages together? Does one word stand out? Does a repeated phrase stand out? What do … Continue reading