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Thought for the Week by Gavin Henderson
25th June 2018
The Postcard “For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.” Psalm 116:8 (NIV) It had been eighteen months since the death of my husband as I wrote...
13th June 2018
The Death That Changed Everything “…We thank God because of what Christ Jesus has done for us.” Philippians 3:3 (EE) As I wrote this I was thinking springtime at last! The snowdrops had slipped...
19th May 2018
When The Words Won’t Come “And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.” Romans 8:27 (NIV) No...
28th April 2018
Living With Dying “While the child was alive I wept. And I did not eat anything. I thought that perhaps the LORD would be merciful to me. I thought that he might forgive me. Then he might let the...
6th April 2018
Is Death the End of the Story? “But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would...
1st April 2018
Christ Is Risen Indeed! “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile;” 1 Corinthians 15:17 (NIV) The Christian faith stands or falls with Jesus’ resurrection. Yet it is not merely a...
6th December 2017
But God Has Healed Me “O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.” Psalm 30:2 (NKJV) Ruth Edwards, a regular contributor to Day by Day for many years, died two years ago. Before she...
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...
9th July 2017
It’s Okay to Say Goodbye “Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains for ever.” Ecclesiastes 1:4 (NIV UK) 80 years ago Julio Balde joined the Boy Scouts of America and fell...
5th July 2017
Dying To See You “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.’” John 11:25 (NIV) I must confess that the past twelve...
27th May 2017
God is there “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” Psalms 139:8 (NIVUK) No matter how dreadful things become, no matter how wonderful the...
20th April 2017
Dust Unto Dust “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 (NKJV) As I...
17th April 2017
Resurrection Hope “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day...
15th April 2017
Easter Funny “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day...
27th March 2017
The Rearrangement of Our Lives “…Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord…” Revelation 14:13 (NIV) From time to time events happen that rearrange our lives, so that after them things can never...
18th January 2017
The Spiritual Boneyard “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV) At Davis Monthan Air Force Base you can take a...
14th November 2016
The Final Solution “…he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has...
24th October 2016
Death Is Not The End “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 (NKJV) Salvation is an entirely free gift of God. Ephesians...
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;”...
2nd March 2016
A Mother’s Pain “Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (NRSV) It is impossible to describe to anyone what it is like to lose a child. Nobody knows how painful it...
29th February 2016
Because He Lives… “…God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.” Acts 2:24 (NIV) It’s estimated that...
14th January 2016
Living Forever “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life…” John 3:36 (NIVUK) People are not in a hurry to die. We naturally endeavour to live for as long as possible. Death is not a...
5th December 2015
The Ups And Downs of Having Cancer “Now I rejoice in the Lord greatly, because once again you have shown your concern for me. Of course, you were concerned for me but you did not have an opportunity...
6th November 2015
If I Should Die, Think Only This “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21 (ESV) Rupert Brooke’s stirring poem, The Soldier, will be no doubt much recited and quoted in...
3rd October 2015
Dust to Dust … Ashes to Ashes “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”...
14th August 2015
Burial Business “Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre – both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field – was legally made over to Abraham as his...
20th May 2015
Great is Thy Faithfulness “Jesus wept.” John 11:35 (NKJV) I cry at weddings, funerals, graduations, prize-givings and soppy movies. I don’t watch X factor and their ilk as, you guessed it, the...
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...
29th September 2014
Is Death The End? “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to...
23rd September 2014
On The Loss Of A Friend… “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Revelation 21:4 (NIV)...
2nd August 2014
When A Child Dies… “For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels won’t, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God’s...
29th May 2014
The Resurrection and Ascension “Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.” Colossians...
28th April 2014
Obedient to Death, Even Death on a Cross “And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!” Philippians 2:8 (NIV) More than...
25th April 2014
Facing The Facts With Faith “Without weakening his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead – since he was about a hundred years old.” Romans 4:19 (NIV UK) The other day...
20th April 2014
Easter “When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in...
9th March 2014
A Day of Departure “One died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” 2...