22nd April 2015
Happy Homeless “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also...
21st April 2015
Count Your Blessings “And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:20 (NLT) You get home, you flick the switch to turn the light on, the...
20th April 2015
Sin is not the Problem, Sin is the Problem “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanes us from all sin.”...
19th April 2015
Are You Conciled? “For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life.” Romans...
18th April 2015
How Important Are Numbers To God? “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 (KJV) How many times have we referred to our local...
17th April 2015
Secrets “For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.” Mark 4:22 (NKJV) Hilary Clinton has just announced her...
16th April 2015
The Great Gift “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask! What shall I give you?” 1 Kings 3:5 (NKJV) While waiting for the evening news, I happened to...
15th April 2015
The Gospel, PR & Marketing “… a good advertisement for the Christian faith.” Titus 2:5 (JB Phillips) Paul wrote this letter to young Titus after he left Crete, tasking him with the job of...
14th April 2015
The Lord Needs You “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of...
13th April 2015
The Galilean Spring? “No one can take my life from me. I lay down my life voluntarily.“ John 10:18 (NLT) There have been those who saw in Jesus’ life “a Galilean Spring”, a time when men...
12th April 2015
It’s A Wonderful Life: Meaningful Community “A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.” Psalm...
11th April 2015
Torment And Dean “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good...
10th April 2015
Death Has Been Defeated “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.” 1 John 5:11 (NKJV) As I was watching the news a week ago today there were...
9th April 2015
Our Indebtedness “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the charge of our legal...
8th April 2015
My Lord And My God “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NIV) ‘All that goes around comes around’ –...
7th April 2015
Made In The Image Of God “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27 (NKJV) What an wholesome thing to comprehend that...
6th April 2015
Our Resurrection “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly...
5th April 2015
Easter—What’s the Big Deal? “For Christ also sufferered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.” 1 Peter 3:18 (NIV UK) While I was driving home from work I...
4th April 2015
Not Abandoned “…Blessed are you among women…” Luke 1:42 (NIV) One afternoon when my daughter was 14 she started feeling generally unwell, becoming more and more drowsy. Her neck became...
3rd April 2015
Our Rags to His Riches “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9...
2nd April 2015
The Old Rugged Cross “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” Galatians 6:14 (NIV) The word ‘old’...
1st April 2015
Seize The Day “Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the...
31st March 2015
Freedom is a Precious thing! “So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free!” John 8:36 (NLT) On the 1st of April 2003, Private Jessica Lynch was rescued from a hospital in Iraq by a Special...
30th March 2015
The X Factor “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all...
29th March 2015
It’s A Wonderful Life: Individual Impact “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saved those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 (NIV UK) Continuing to look at It’s a Wonderful Life...
28th March 2015
Joy In Suffering “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.” James 1:2 (NKJV) As we begin to mature in our Christian character we learn to handle trials and tribulations by...
27th March 2015
Taking Jesus at his Word “But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your ‘yes’ be yes and your ‘no’ be no, so that you may not...
26th March 2015
Stand Firm “Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The...
25th March 2015
A Safe Place to Grow “He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.” Colossians 1:13 (RSV) The National Trust garden just down the road...
24th March 2015
More Than One in a Million “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought...
23rd March 2015
One in a Million “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” Matthew...
22nd March 2015
It’s A Wonderful Life: Prayer “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.” Psalm 34:17 (NIV UK) Chances are, you’ve seen It’s a wonderful...
21st March 2015
Rich or Poor? “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” Revelation 3:17 (NIVUK) A...
20th March 2015
The Light is Shining “Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no...
19th March 2015
A Resurrected Temple “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” John 2:19 (NLT) In the time of Jesus the Temple at Jerusalem dominated the life of the Jewish people. It was an...
18th March 2015
God Will Make a Way “…he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters …I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:16, 19 (NIV) I’ve...
17th March 2015
Buy and Believe the Truth “Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be...
16th March 2015
The Parable Of The Seed Growing By Itself “So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:7 (NKJV) It was the sort of work you can...
15th March 2015
Your Hall of Fame “Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.” Deuteronomy 32:7 (NIV UK)...
14th March 2015
Mum’s the Word “She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” Proverbs 31:26–27...