‘The Big Picture’ Daily Notes

Monday 5th October 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 117:1-2     Colossians 1:24-29, Colossians 2:1-5     Jeremiah 9:17-26, Jeremiah 10, Jeremiah 11:1-17  JEREMIAH 7, 8 and 9 “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord…!”.  And they would go on and on and on like this.  The religious people of Jerusalem were superstitious and totally reliant on…

Sunday 4th October 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 116:12-19     Colossians 1:1-23     Jeremiah 7:30-34, Jeremiah 8, Jeremiah 9:1-16  COLOSSIANS 1 You and I may send e-mails, post blogs or text our friends; the Apostle Paul had his words dictated onto a scroll with a quill pen and ink.  The purpose was the same: to communicate and to try to preserve the message for as…

Saturday 3rd October 2026

Audio readings:  Proverbs 24:5-14     Philippians 4:2-23     Jeremiah 6, Jeremiah 7:1-29  PHILIPPIANS 4 “Rejoice in the Lord always.  Rejoice!” (v4).  Paul echoes the voices of the Psalms in encouraging us to verbalise and harmonise our praise to the Lord.  Spoken and sung praise and thanksgiving is a vital part of our worship and devotion.  Do it corporately and…

Friday 2nd October 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 116:1-11     Philippians 3, Philippians 4:1     Jeremiah 4:10-31, Jeremiah 5  PHILIPPIANS 3The chapter begins with Paul tearing up his Curriculum Vitae – his whole life before he met Christ on the road to Syria.  If anyone could have earned his way into the Kingdom of God, it was Paul!  But, on meeting the Lord face…

Thursday 1st October 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 115:12-18     Philippians 2:12-30     Jeremiah 2:31-47, Jeremiah 3, Jeremiah 4:1-9  PHILIPPIANS 2 Paul had very few criticisms, if any at all, for his Philippian readers.  But he did issue several warnings and encouragements to Christ-like behaviour: 2:2-5  “…then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one…

Wednesday 30th September 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 115:1-11     Philippians 1:27-30, Philippians 2:1-11     Jeremiah 1, Jeremiah 2:1-30  JEREMIAH 1, and 2 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations”.  This was the word of the Lord to Jeremiah when he was called by…

Tuesday 29th September 2026

Audio readings:  Proverbs 23:29-35, Proverbs 24:1-4     Philippians 1:1-26     Zephaniah 1, Zephaniah 2, Zephaniah 3  PHILIPPIANS 1 “From Rome with love”.  This is Paul’s ‘email’ (using the technology of his day) to the household churches in the province of Philippi, a prosperous Roman colony in Macedonia.  Any citizen of Philippi was automatically given Roman citizenship, and they were immensely…

Monday 28th September 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 114:1-8     Ephesians 6     Nahum 1, Nahum 2, Nahum 3  EPHESIANS 6 Human relationships are the acid test of what goes on in our hearts.  At the end of chapter 5 we read about the relationship between husband and wife.  Now we learn about how to live out the gospel in other relationships…

Sunday 27th September 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 113:1-9     Ephesians 5:8-33     Isaiah 65:17-25, Isaiah 66  EPHESIANS 5 Under the old covenant, the burnt offering was described as producing a ‘pleasing aroma’ to the Lord – an acceptable sacrifice (Genesis 8:21;  Exodus 29:18 etc.).  The death and resurrection of Christ later produced an offering to God that was completely acceptable for all…

Saturday 26th September 2026

Audio readings:  Psalm 112:1-10     Ephesians 4:17-32, Ephesians 5:1-7     Isaiah 63, Isaiah 64, Isaiah 65:1-16  ISAIAH 63, 64, 65 and 66 Chapter 63 clearly has messianic roots: verses 1-6 speak of the Messiah coming in vengeance over the surrounding nations, typified by Edom and its capital, Bozrah.  The trampling of grapes is symbolic of God’s judgement of the nations – found also…

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