LLet us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Romans 14:19 Comment This week is National Marriage Week and the subject is the Forever Conversation. We’re encouraging couples to have a conversation about what it takes to ensure their marriages last forever. A lasting marriage takes effort and perseverance. In the previous...
A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet; You can’t turn it off, and you can’t get away from it. Proverbs 27:15-16 (MSG) Comment Nagging wears each other down and can drive a wedge between us. Sure it can be frustrating when things we need doing don’t get done or our partner has an annoying...
Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out. Colossians 4:6 (MSG) Comment As lockdown continues, we are starting a series to help you with some areas in your marriage to ponder, discuss and pray about during this challenging time. This week we...
Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’ Hosea 10 v 12 Comment Weather is a big deal for gardeners – spring can be too cold – then...
Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away. With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes. Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the spices...
I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine,...
Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plough up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you. Hosea 10:12 Comment Spring is for sowing into prepared ground. If the ground is cold seeds won’t germinate; if hard...
Plant the good seeds of righteousness and you will harvest a crop of love. Plough up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord that he may come and shower righteousness upon you. Hosea 10 v 12 Comment It’s spring. I have sprouting seed potatoes on my window sills! My husband is on...
‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and bothered about so many things, but only one thing is needed.’ Luke 10:41-42a NIV Comment The plane was loaded, and the flight attendant came through to make sure all was in order. Seated across the aisle from me was a woman who had never flown before. The attendant quickly picked up...
‘Look at me. I stand at the door. I knock. If you hear me call and open the door, I’ll come right in and sit down to supper with you.’ Rev 3:20 MSG Comment How seldom it happens these days – the good old-fashioned family meal, sitting down together once a day over food, all phones silenced. It may be...
