26th October 2017
Hypocrisy “You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:5 (NIV) I recently heard a story about...
25th October 2017
Bamboo Christians “…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) I make no claim to be a...
24th October 2017
Tough Love “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) ‘Tough love’ is the...
23rd October 2017
Don’t Put Jesus First “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,...
22nd October 2017
Two Kinds of Life “Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in...
21st October 2017
If My People “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and...
20th October 2017
Leviathan “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook…Who can open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around?” Job 41:1,14 (NKJV) Throughout the book named after him, Job has...
19th October 2017
“Choked by Thorns” “Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.” Matthew 13:7 (NIV) The parable of the seed and the sower is one of the most well-known by Christians...
18th October 2017
Transient Global Amnesia “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.” Isaiah 43:25 (NIV) One cannot help but wonder how God can...
17th October 2017
Eclipsing the Glory! “You are the light of the world.” Matthew 5:14 (NKJV) The media is calling it “The most watched eclipse in modern history.” I guess we’ve all seen the spectacular...
16th October 2017
Real Christian Faith “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble, and those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Lord, have not forsaken...
15th October 2017
All We Have to Say “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32 NIV UK “Love means never having to say you’re...
14th October 2017
Where Dead People Go… “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NIV) Where dead people go...
13th October 2017
Who Is On The Lord’s Side? “Moses saw that the people were simply running wild—Aaron had let them run wild, disgracing themselves before their enemies. He took up a position at the entrance to...
12th October 2017
Harvest Festival “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your...
11th October 2017
Brand Spanking New! “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Have you ever had a dream of owning something...
10th October 2017
Eternal Habitations “For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.” 2 Corinthians 5:1 (NIV) On...
9th October 2017
The Peach Principle “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured with the same measure you use....
8th October 2017
Unclaimed Baggage “We love Him [God] because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 (NKJV) Have you ever seen that one last bag circling an otherwise empty baggage claim and wondered what happens if...
7th October 2017
Jesus Absorbs Hostility “We see real love, not in the fact that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to make personal atonement for our sins.” 1 John 4:10 (Phillips) In first...
6th October 2017
The Names In The Book “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23-24 (NKJV) If there...
5th October 2017
God’s Constant Love “How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from...
3rd October 2017
The Greatest Short Story Ever Written “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours...
2nd October 2017
Listen For The Still Small Voice “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever…the Helper, the Holy...
1st October 2017
The Water Hyacinth “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great crowd of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with...
30th September 2017
Pride Versus Humility “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.” Proverbs 16:18-19...
29th September 2017
The Bright Morning Star “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.” Revelation 22:16...
28th September 2017
Come Dine With Me “…as he sat at dinner in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus…When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and...
27th September 2017
A Blood Brother “Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.” Hebrews 2:11 (NIV) A...
26th September 2017
Guns Kill People “’But you,’ He asked them, ‘who do you say that I am?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus responded, ‘Blessed are you,...
25th September 2017
Plumbing the Depths “And he said, ‘Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do...
24th September 2017
The Joy of Fulfilment “And when she finds it [her lost coin], she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you,...
23rd September 2017
No Reward for Fourth Place “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into...
22nd September 2017
An Un-Cancelled Reservation “There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those...
21st September 2017
What Will He Shout? “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a SHOUT, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.” 1...
19th September 2017
Forever With The Lord “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” John 14:3 (NIV) If you use a red-letter Bible, you...
18th September 2017
Silent John “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.” Proverbs 22:15 (NKJV) As a child, I was full of fun and much encouraged by...
17th September 2017
Hidden Value “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:45-46...
16th September 2017
The Flat Pack Church “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and...
15th September 2017
See you! “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him...