‘ …. walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28-30 MSG Comment God created many rhythms to help us live life fully – Night and Day,...
‘I always thank God when I pray for you!’ Philemon 4 Comment Being grateful for, and to, one another is so very important in marriage. Most of us feel taken for granted from time to time; whether it is for the financial provision and security we provide, emotional support or the never ending round of preparing meals and caring for...
‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.’ Genesis 2:24-25 Comment A couple we know were having an issue and it was becoming a problem, it was threatening their relationship. God loves unity, particularly in...
Rejoice always. Pray continually. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 NIVUK Comment Being prayerful doesn’t mean always being serious or intense. My Mum and Dad often larked about and we children enjoyed it hugely. I suspect it did them good to forget for a moment all the serious concerns of family, work and church. Our lives need balance – if we enjoy moments...
“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one – as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe...
We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 Comment The other day I saw a picture that made me think about God as our source of love in a new way. It was one of those towers made up of glasses stacked on top of one another and champagne was being poured into the top one, overflowing from...
Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. Then Joseph could no longer...
How great is the love that the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3: 1a Comment This eprayer is going out on Saturday; it should have gone out yesterday. I messed up. I was too busy, too distracted, too… And now I’m mad at myself,...
In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Comment People talk a lot these days about life being a journey and of course this is true for marriage. When I look back over the years I realise that for the first seven years it was more like we were...
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:16 Comment With Remembrance Sunday falling this weekend it’s a good time to think back and remind ourselves and give thanks for what people have done in the past to protect our freedom. Lives have been put on the line,...
