The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! … Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day … The Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.  Lamentations 3:22-25 Comment It’s halfway between Christmas and the New Year.  The fridge is crammed with turkey remains, half consumed cheese and the tasty remnants of...

For a child has been born – for us,  the gift of a son – for us! He’ll take over the running of the world. His names will be: Amazing Counselor, Strong God, Eternal Father, Prince of Wholeness. His ruling authority will grow, and there’ll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.  Isaiah 9: 6-7 Comment To be honest, Joseph & Mary don’t look very...

But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.  John 17:13 Comment So what does Joy mean anyway?  In her book Choose Joy because Happiness isn’t Enough, Kay Warren states that ‘Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details...

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.  John 15:11 Comment It’s the season when the word Joy is bandied about everywhere and for some of us it IS a really joyful season … for others of us not so much.  For some of us it’s a...