Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
1 Kings 19:1–8 ‘Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.’ (v7)
God provides for the overwrought Elijah. Having won a major victory against King Ahab and his evil wife Jezebel, Elijah has fled from them,...
Ephesians 3:14–19 ‘I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being...’ (v16)
Depending on what you count, there are forty-three occasions when Paul’s prayers are recorded in the...
Judges 3:15–30 ‘Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer – Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite.’ (v15)
You would think Israel would have learned their lessons. ‘The evil’ they...
Judges 3:9–11 ‘But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.’ (v9)
The book of Judges relates the story of twelve Judges. The...
Judges 3:1–6 ‘He did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience...’ (v2)
The book of Judges outlines the way God provides a series of deliverers to rescue God’s people...
Mark 1:40–45 ‘As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.’ (v45b)
The stereotypical view of Jesus is of a man who showed...
Mark 1:40–45 ‘Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” (v41)
Jesus is said to be indignant on two occasions in the Gospels: when the disciples stopped children approaching...
Mark 1:21–28 ‘The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching – and with authority!”’ (v27a)
This opening chapter of Mark paints a picture of who Jesus is. Having gathered His team...
1 Kings 17:7–24 ‘I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.’ (v24)
After Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king, after which began the splitting of...
Jonah 4:2–3 ‘Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.’ (v3)
If Jonah had been in the modern day, his ministry newsletter would have made interesting reading.
An astonishing revival comes about...
