25th January 2015
Christian Service “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. All men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” John...
13th January 2015
No Broken Reeds “He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.” Matthew 12:20 (World English Bible) Jesus is our great example of the...
20th December 2014
Christmas Gift Suggestions “…And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20.35 (NKJV) At this time of the year as people...
14th December 2014
Advent Love “[God’s] divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” 2 Peter 1:3 (NIV UK) When...
6th December 2014
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV) I expect...
28th November 2014
Loving Others More “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, even their own life – such a person cannot be my disciple.”...
21 November 2014
Prepare To Give Way “The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his...
16th November 2014
Mind of Christ “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive...
11th November 2014
Sacred Soil “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13 (NKJV) On the 29th of December 2013, soil from 70 WW1 battlefields in Belgium—one...
28th October 2014
A Special Memory! “He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.” Luke 15:16 (NIV) Hunger brought the prodigal to his senses. He had spent...
24th October 2014
Constant Love “For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, nor height...
23rd October 2014
A Love Relationship “God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9 (NIVUK) It is natural for people to ponder the meaning of life....
20th September 2014
Each Day With Love “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever” John 14:16 (NKJV) As a school teacher six weeks of summer holiday was...
7th September 2014
Service Users “When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall we do?’ Peter replied, ‘Repent and he baptised, every...
4th September 2014
Loving God, Loving Each Other “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.” James 2:26 (NKJV) We, as Christians, should be developing Godly character in our lives....
31st August 2014
Hugs from God “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us...
16th August 2014
A Strange Command “This is my command: Love each other.” John 15:17 (NIV) If we wanted to know the essential message of Jesus, to sum up in one sentence what he wanted us to know and to do above...
11th July 2014
God Loved Us Beforehand “…according to the foreknowledge of God the Father…” 1 Peter 1:2 (NIV UK) As father-to-be I remember the excitement as my wife and I approached the birth of our...
10th July 2014
A Word About Mercy “For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” Psalm 86:5 (NKJV) The Hebrew word translated “mercy” has four...
13th June 2014
Sue-Happy Nation “…lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a ploughed field” Hosea 10:4 (NIV UK) Hosea describes a society not dissimilar to ours. He explains that everything is about...
10th June 2014
Fruit of the Spirit—LOVE (Part one of a series on Galatians 5:22-23) “But the fruit of the Spirit is love…” Galatians 5:22 (NKJV) In Galatians chapter five the Apostle Paul lists nine...
12th May 2014
Like a Mother’s Comforting Arms “I picked them up and held them to my cheek…” Hosea 11:4 (GNB) Cuddling our children and our grandchildren is one of life’s greatest pleasures and it...
3rd May 2014
The Nearness of You “I say of the holy people who are in the land, ‘They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.’” Psalm 16:3 (NIV) All was quiet in my ménage; Ella Fitzgerald was...
16th April 2014
Uncontrollable Grace Eighth of a Series “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.”...
12th April 2014
I Dreamed A Dream “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 (NIV) The musical Les...
19th March 2014
What is Grace? “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14...
16th February 2014
The Ultimate Love Story “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the...
15th February 2014
Love is the Greatest Thing “There are three things that will last forever—faith, hope and love—and the greatest of these is love…Let love be your highest goal!” 1 Corinthians 13:13;...
14th February 2014
Restorative Love “..do the things you did at first…” Revelation 2:5 (NIV UK) The German Christian writer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was killed during the Second World War for adhering to his...
9th February 2014
Love By Any Other Name “‘You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be...
7th February 2014
Loving Identity “..the disciple whom Jesus loved…” John 21:7 (NIV UK) In the Gospel of John, mention is made of ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ at several points towards the end of...
29th January 2014
Looking Out! “If He were to turn his thoughts inwards and withdraw his life-giving spirit, all flesh would perish on the instant, all mortals would turn again to dust.” Job 34:14 (The Revised...
25th Janary 2014
Love Covers A Multitude Of Sins “Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.” 1 Peter 4:8 (The Message) We tend to forgive those we love...
28th December 2013
You Are Never Alone “You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.” Psalm 139:5 (NKJV) Christmas and the New Year are times of family gatherings, parties and celebrations. ...
24th December 2013
Do You See as a Mortal Sees? “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used...
22nd December 2013
The Meaning of Christmas “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David....
22nd November 2013
Amaze The Crowds “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 (NIV UK) There has been...
16th November 2013
For God So Loved The World “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV) Isn’t this...
14th November 2013
Duty of Care “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John13:34 (NIV) There I was lying on the floor, my left ankle throbbing with pain. I...
30th October 2013
The Elder Son: the Mind of the Father “Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what this...