Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
John 3:14–17 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’ (v16)
When it comes to this famous verse, perhaps the major misunderstanding...
John 3:14–17 ‘Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up...’ (v14)
Throughout the 1980s, Rollen Stewart travelled 60,000 miles a year as a full-time spectator, living out of his...
Haggai 1:13–15 ‘They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God...’ (v 14b)
What is the very first spiritual gift mentioned in the Bible? We might think prophecy or teaching or maybe performing miracles?
You...
Haggai 1:2–6 ‘Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your panelled houses, while this house remains a ruin?’ (v4)
There is a church in Newport, Isle of Wight which was built by the direction of a...
Devotion is an action. It requires movement towards its object. Where once the Temple stood in Jerusalem and housed the presence of God, today we are ourselves each a temple of God’s presence (1 Cor. 6:19–20).
The temple now moves...
Matthew 13:44–46 ‘When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.’ (vv46)
Oscar Wilde wrote, ‘Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.’ People are too materialistic...
Exodus 5:1–5 ‘Afterwards Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’”’ (v1)
Devotion means...
1 Peter 4:1–7 ‘As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.’ (v2)
What is God’s will? A question that can easily be misunderstood. For...
1 Peter 3:8–12 ‘Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, “Whoever would love life and...
Galatians 5:1–6 ‘You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.’ (vv4–5)
God...
