All posts by Dr. Scott Rodin

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #10

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #10
  Text Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 Meditation We are called to be one kingdom people, which means cultivating a holy, reverent fear of God. Teaching Psalm 86:11 carries great meaning for me. I first really focused on this verse while on a recent trip to Hong Kong. Early one morning while going through .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #9

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #9
  Text “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5  Meditation We choose everyday where (or in whom) we will place our trust. It cannot be divided up among several recipients.  It is either solely in God or it is not. Teaching There is an old joke about the man who fell over the side of a cliff and was able to grab a .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #8

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #8
  Text A certain ruler asked Jesus, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: you shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.” “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said. When Jesus heard .

Trek #2 – From Two-Kingdom to One-Kingdom Life

Trek #2 – From Two-Kingdom to One-Kingdom Life
  The Map To navigate our way along this second trek we will be guided by the following key text, image, themes and prayer.  Key Verses for Trek #2 – Matthew 6:25-34, and 13:44 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #7

Text Do not store up for your selves treasures on earth, where mobs and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where mobs and of vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 Then he said to them all, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #6

Text The gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: the judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #5

Text So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #4

Text It is by grace you have been saved through faith – and that is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-9 Meditation We were created in the image of God as his covenant partners to engage in .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #3

Text “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.” John 16:25-27  Meditation In .

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #2

Text  “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I .