25th November 2024
It is as though Habakkuk and Christ were, at separate times, reading from the same script. Habakkuk cries out to God, at the beginning of his book, ‘How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do...
21st November 2024
Isaiah wrote these words after an encounter with God, seeing ‘…him high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.’ (Isaiah 6:1). The setting was so...
14th November 2024
Waiting on God when he hasn’t yet answered our prayers is one of the hardest places to be. Our prayers often start out being bold and expectant but as time rolls on, and we find ourselves still...
11th November 2024
We are back in Nineveh, the chief city of Assyria. They had been warned once, by Jonah, and had avoided destruction because they repented. Nahum’s graphic prophecies, about 140 years later,...
7th November 2024
What do you say to someone who has lost a loved one? Often, I am lost for words, and sometimes there are no words that are adequate in this situation. We can’t resolve the grief a person is feeling,...
4th November 2024
You don’t need to search far for references to Jesus in Micah’s prophecies. They are there in plain sight, from the prediction of his birth over 700 years before the event (Micah 5:2), ...
30th October 2024
Sometimes it can be a real struggle to find the energy to pray, especially when we have a busy period at work; we are rushed off our feet looking after our children, or we are consumed with grief,...
28th October 2024
In this scripture, Jesus himself draws a parallel between his own story and that of the prophet Jonah. On a sinking ship, Jonah declares to terrified sailors, “…I worship the...
24th October 2024
Have you ever pleaded with God in prayer for something and the answer was not what you hoped for? Maybe you prayed that God would bless you with a particular job and you didn’t even get an...
21st October 2024
It feels like a confession when I admit that I always read the end of any book first. I like to know where it’s going – and then I can assess the path it takes to get there. The entire Bible, read...