Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
Genesis 18:1–15 ‘Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”’ (v15)
In counselling training, students are told they should try to mirror the person’s body language as far as...
Genesis 17:15–21 ‘I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’ (v16)
There are two types of people in life: those who act like they are the hero of...
Genesis 16:1–6 ‘The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave…’ (v2)
Think of something you truly need or long for in this world in order to feel your life has meaning. Have you thought of...
Genesis 1:1–4 ‘Now the earth was formless and empty... and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.’ (v2)
How does the Bible begin? You might want to say, ‘with creation’, but look closer: it begins with waiting.
Before God...
Nehemiah 6:15–19 ‘When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realised that this work had been done with the help of our God.’ (v16)
After fifty-two days of prayer,...
Nehemiah 5:17–19 ‘I never demanded the food allotted to the governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.’ (v18b)
Nehemiah was entitled to money and food from the people. As mentioned earlier, to demand this was the practise of...
Luke 7:11–17 ‘His heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”’ (v13)
The woman in this story is a widow; she is grieving, inconsolable. Her only son is dead – in a society where widows were wholly dependent...
Nehemiah 5:17–18 ‘Furthermore, a hundred and fifty Jews and officials ate at my table, as well as those who came to us from the surrounding nations.’ (v17)
I am not sure how big your table is, but I am sure...
Nehemiah 5:15–16 ‘Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. All my men were assembled there for the work; we did not acquire any land.’ (v16)
Work is not something to be avoided, it is a good thing....
Nehemiah 5:14–15 ‘When I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah… twelve years – neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.’ (v14)
We live in a self-obsessed world, where our own...
