13th July 2015
Serendipity “I’ve loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love.” John 15:9 (MSG) My book called “The Complete Wordfinder” defines serendipity as—“the...
12th July 2015
Calling Out for Help “Since ancient times no-one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.” Isaiah 64:4 Last year...
11th July 2015
Do Something! “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 (NKJV) I began this piece without a thought in my head as to its direction or...
10th July 2015
Hyssop’s Fables? “Cleanse me of my wickedness with hyssop, and I will be clean. If You wash me, I will be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7 (VOICE) It’s a beautiful summer evening and I am...
9th July 2015
Knock Knock! “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Revelation 3:20 (NIV) “Knock...
8th July 2015
Here, There, Everywhere “For in him we live, and move, and have our being;” Acts 17:28 (KJV) There is nowhere, truly nowhere, that we can go and where God isn’t. As Psalm 139:7-12 (GW) puts...
7th July 2015
No Offence, But… “’Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.’ Then Jesus said to her [the Canaanite woman], ‘Woman, you have great faith! Your request is...
6th July 2015
A Tree Planted by the Waterside “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It...
5th July 2015
Independence Day “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV UK) Every July, for the last 238 years, Americans have celebrated...
4th July 2015
Seeing Myself As God Sees Me “O Lord, You have looked through me and have known me.” Psalm 139:1 (NLV) I was standing in a supermarket queue waiting for my purchases to be checked out. I was...
3rd July 2015
The Sound of Silence “Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the Lord, have spoken!” Amos 8:3 (CEV) Several times of silence...
2nd July 2015
The Desires of Your Heart “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 (NIV) What does Psalm 37:4 say to you? When you think about it, that’s a...
1st July 2015
Watch And Wait “So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.” Matthew 25:13 (NLT) I can’t see any birds in the trees at the bottom of the garden but...
30th June 2015
Making the Invisible—Visible! “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 (NIV) He was a very modest and unassuming scientist but Britain owes a great...
29th June 2015
Spiritual Disciplines “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.”...
28th June 2015
Mulholland and the Grace of God “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast”...
27th June 2015
Pleasures For Ever “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11 (NIVUK) In our world today,...
26th June 2015
Forgetting Things in Prayer “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for...
25th June 2015
The Place of Safety and Security “Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty…He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his...
24th June 2015
Badges “Create in me a pure heart, O God,and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (NIV) I have a drawer in my bedroom where I keep my trinkets; basically they are small items of...
23rd June 2015
Our On-Going Repentance “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV UK) I was watching Spike....
22nd June 2015
Be a Blessing to Others “I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.” Genesis 12:2 (NLT) I think it’s true to say that all...
21st June 2015
The $40,000 Couch “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or...
20th June 2015
P.U.S.H. “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Luke 18:1 (NIV) When we pray are we persistent enough or do we give up too easily?...
19th June 2015
Our Father “…one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:6 (NIV UK) Fatherhood has been in the news this week: from the images of fathers distraught that...
18th June 2015
Two Sparrows “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will….Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many...
17th June 2015
The Woman Who Forgot What She Came For “Jesus: You don’t know the gift of God or who is asking you for a drink of this water from Jacob’s well. Because if you did, you would have asked Him for...
16th June 2015
Much Ado About Nothing “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIVUK) In an afterword in the recent book by the cosmologist Lawrence M Krauss, entitled A Universe...
15th June 2015
You Were Running Well “You were running the race nobly, who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth?” Galatians 5:7 (AMP) Both the Liverpool...
14th June 2015
Fisk Jubilee Singers “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and...
13th June 2015
Broken Relationships “It’s harder to make amends with an offended friend than to capture a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with iron bars.” Proverbs 18:19 (NLT)...
12th June 2015
Waiting “He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.” Luke 23:51 (NIV) I was standing outside a farmer’s stall when the owner asked me, “Can I...
11th June 2015
Take The Medicine ‘…a time to laugh…’ Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NIV) When you read a newspaper or look at the evening news there seems to be so much that is depressing. There always seem to be...
10th June 2015
Equality “In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus...
9th June 2015
Bringing the Lost to Repentance “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 (NIV) The context of this verse is when Zacchaeus climbed into a tree to see Jesus passing...
8th June 2015
Are You Adopted? “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom...
7th June 2015
Equally Yoked “Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows.… But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was...
6th June 2015
A Word With You Please! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 (NIV) These words, “A word with you, please,” have the power to strike terror...
5th June 2015
Wash Those Sins Away “And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he...
4th June 2015
Something Must Be Done! “And the Lord said to him, ‘Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the...