Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.” But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.  1 Peter 3:13-15a Comment I don’t like horror films but I know they are popular. One...

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Mark 10.32 Comment “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.” – Steve Jobs Do you have a sense of what’s important? Steve...

How could one man chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight?…….for their rock is not like our rock as even our enemies concede!  Deuteronomy 32:30 Comment God employs some very interesting mathematics at times whereby one plus one doesn’t always add up to 2. When God uses His power of synergy, the correlated and combined force of...

For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness. For by You I run through a troop; by my God I leap over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried. He is a Shield to all those who trust and take refuge in Him.’  2 Samuel 22:29-31 Comment...

‘The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.’ Deuteronomy 33:27 Comment We have various friends who are struggling with sickness at the moment.  Having had a few episodes in our marriage during which I’ve been ill with depression, we were blown away by how much it affected the one in the marriage who wasn’t ill.  They were...

But as it is written: What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and what has never come into a man’s heart, is what God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 (CSB) Comment The way we live and behave reflects what we believe. God has all sorts of good and exciting plans and experiences in...

We understand what love is when we realisethat Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for each other (in this case of husband/wife). 1 John 3:16 Comment Most of us must have seen the famous footprints poem; it is seen everywhere reproduced on cards, tea-towels, posters etc. When the question is asked, “Where were...

‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.’ Matthew 21:43 ‘A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you...

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and …. Romans 1:20-21. Comment...

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”. 1 Corinithians 12:21 Comment These days independence is often seen as a good thing … ‘do what’s right for you’ we’re told. Now I’m lucky, I have a partner who’s usually ready to quickly forgive and accept em...