22nd July 2016
Hope For Creation “…the whole creation groans…” Romans 8:22 (NKJV) In the news recently it has been reported that summer crops in the British Isles may be devastated by moths. Some...
20th July 2016
Be Still “He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God;’” Psalm 46:10 (NIV) Yesterday was to have been an important day for me, a significant one, definitely life changing. I’d been working...
19th July 2016
Believing Prayer “The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 (NRSV) Do you believe things will happen when you pray? I have to admit that sometimes my prayers have been...
18th July 2016
Defying The Downward Pull “So I say, live by the Holy Spirit’s power. Then you will not do what your desires controlled by sin want you to do.” Galatians 5:16 (NIRV) December 17, 1903 saw the...
17th July 2016
Spare Change For Change “But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth, this...
16th July 2016
Provenance “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” Psalm 8:4 (NIV) My husband and I used to enjoy watching programmes about antiques on television....
15th July 2016
Only One God “God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:” Psalm 82:1 (ESVUK) There is only one God, and yet in Psalm 82 the writer refers to God...
14th July 2016
A Time For Every Purpose “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;”...
13th July 2016
Looking for Answers “I will stand like a guard and watch. I will wait to see what the Lord will say to me. I will wait and learn how he answers my questions.” Habakkuk 2:1 (ERV) Habakkuk starts...
12th July 2016
Bride of Christ “His Bride has made herself ready.” Revelation 19:7 (ESV UK) Not so long ago we celebrated a very special day in our family. It was the first anniversary of our daughter’s...
11th July 2016
The Real Bread “Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11 ESV) Matthew, in his gospel account, places ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ in the context of the sermon on the mount. That...
10th July 2016
Do versus Done “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I...
9th July 2016
Do You Have a Refuge? “For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5-6 (NRSV) Have you...
8th July 2016
Pressing Anger Produces Strife “For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.” Proverbs 30:33 (ESVUK) The proverb above has one good...
7th July 2016
How To Be Happy “If you know these things, you will be happy if you do them.” John 13:17 (NLV) The more that we seek to serve God and serve others in all that we think, say and do, the happier we...
6th July 2016
Samos “The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.” Acts 20:15 (NIV) We were trundling in a...
5th July 2016
Nothing To Do “How long will you speak these things, and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?” Job 8:2 (NKJV UK) It was a rare day when I had nothing planned. So I thought I’d sort...
4th July 2016
Revival “These men who have turned the world upside down…” Acts 17:6 (ESV) It’s not uncommon to hear people, even Christians, say things like, ‘The church in the UK is finished’, or...
3rd July 2016
The Peace That Passes Understanding “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. … I have told...
2nd July 2016
Is God Calling You? “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep…My sheep hear My voice, and I know them and they follow Me.” John 10:11, 27 (NKJV) A shepherd has...
1st July 2016
The People’s Choice “And the next day…Everyone did what was right in their own eyes.” Judges 21:4, 25 (ESVUK) There has been a lot of talk recently about the values of democracy....
30th June 2016
Retaliation “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34 (NIV) We’re coming up to July 1st 2016. It’s a date of which nobody has a reason to be proud,...
28th June 2016
Prayer and Praise in a Dungeon “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results.” James 5:16 (NLT) Prayer has been described as ‘the secret weapon of the Kingdom...
27th June 2016
A Servant’s Prayer “Then he said, ‘O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.’” Genesis 24:12 (NKJV) We know that Abraham was...
26th June 2016
What Would You Do For a Klondike Bar? “As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says, ‘In the time of my favour I heard you, and in the day of salvation...
25th June 2016
Hyperthymesia “The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” John 1:29 (ESVUK) According to a national newspaper (1)...
24th June 2016
Citizenship “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ” Philippians 3:20 (NIVUK) When Paul wrote to the church at Philippi in Asia Minor...
23rd June 2016
No Change at the Top “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” Romans 8:10 (KJV) Euro 2016, the festival of football in France,...
22nd June 2016
Pillar of the Church “He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies....
21st June 2016
A Special Calling “Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” Hebrews 10:38 (NKJV) God has called us into fellowship with Jesus Christ (1...
20th June 2016
Conquering the Abyss “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 (NIV) I remember some time ago watching an interview on television...
19th June 2016
Secrets “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”...
18th June 2016
Honesty—A Signpost to Inspiration “The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens...
17th June 2016
Clothed by God “And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.” Genesis 3:7 (ESVUK) I watched my wife use a sewing machine the other day, and I thought of the scripture...
16th June 2016
Now I See You Great God (Part 2) “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked to us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24: 32 (NIV) As we saw in Part 1, this man Job’s...
15th June 2016
Now I See You Great God (Part 1) “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.” Job 1:1 (NIV) Some time ago I watched a film about a lady whose life was falling to pieces—her marriage...
14th June 2016
Where Is The Church Jesus Christ built? “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18...
13th June 2016
Receive the Holy Spirit “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy...
12th June 2016
A Tale of Two Teachers “For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he...
11th June 2016
The Wind of Change “Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated...