Archive for October, 2013

Devotion about rope fraying

October 9, 2013

This devotion was shared with the Royal Rangers Discovery kids 2 weeks ago.


[ image of rope ]
Life is like rope.


[ image of fray ]
[ image of whip and splice ]
When in our own hands, the rope frays and when we don’t do anything about the fray, it frays to the point it cannot be used at all.
(Insert verse that says we cannot be used if not cleansed)
(Use a three core rope to demonstrate fraying)
(Can also reference the verse about 3-core rope not easily broken)

Jesus offers us solution. He “whips” us to prevent fraying but He also “braids” or “splices” us to fix our frays.
(can be demonstrated while explaining to make devotion more interesting, use the rope from 2,3,4)

In real life, Jesus provides a solution for our maladies. His Word not only helps us to get right (correcting), but to stay right (training).


All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16 & 17 NIV)

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Hunger and thirst for righteousness / seen and unseen / the kingdom of heaven

October 9, 2013

  • Jesus came to preach about the kingdom of heaven.
  • Heaven is unseen and unreachable to the living human, whether Christian or not.
  • It’s interesting that Jesus makes numerals parallels of the earth-heaven relationship.
    • binding and loosing
    • the beatitudes
    • seen and unseen
    • fallen/sickness and complete/wholeness
  • The other day my 2 yr old son who is just learning to speak short sentences expressed his hunger in a very impulsive way and something suddenly dawned.
  • Hunger and thirst are also unseen.
  • I would not know my child is hungry, unless they express it in some way, speaking, crying, looking weak.
  • These are ways of expressing hunger, but the hunger itself cannot be seen. Only expressed, or felt.
  • It’s the same with God’s unseen realm, heaven.
  • That’s why Jesus had to be the Word, the mouthpiece to express to us what heaven is like.
  • Not only is the expression from Jesus but he performed various acts so that the effects of heaven can be FELT. Just like how my child throws tantrums when hungry, then I feel the effects and know he his hungry.
  • In the same way, Jesus performed healing, deliverance, humility, kindness and compassion so that we would feel the effects of heaven, and ultimately get a glimpse or have a sense of knowing what heaven is like.
  • I really find it interesting that Jesus used the terms hunger and thirst for righteousness knowing it would draw this parallel for us.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled”. (Matthew 5:6 NIV)


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