Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times”.  Matthew 18:21-22 Comment Forgiveness is something that we’ve found takes practice and is a choice.  We can’t wait until we ‘feel’ like forgiving...

Hope deferred makes the heart sick.  Proverbs 13:12 “This hope will not disappoint us for we know how deeply God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His Love”  Romans 5:3-5 Comment I seem to meet so many people who have given up on God or each other because of disappointment.  Repeated...

Scripture   It was God who sent me ahead of you to preserve your lives.  Genesis 45:5 Joseph’s story – Genesis 37–50 (New Living Translation) Comment Do you know the Joseph story? It’s a fantastic story full of reversals. God prepared Joseph to redeem his family from famine- not just his family but the whole region. But there was huge...

“A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.”  Proverbs 25:11 NIV Comment When some people compliment me I often ignore it. I think – ‘well they would say that’. However when a closer friend says the same I might pay more attention. When my partner eyeballs me and affirms and encourages me it goes deep....

Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. 1 Thess 5: 19-22 NASB Comment Unlike many houses in the UK, ours doesn’t have a name. I think ‘Holdfast’ would be a good one. A sign with that name would remind us,...

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that...