Thursday 19th Matt Ch 8 verse 2 ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Satan loves to convict us and drag us down with condemnation and accusation as we recall past failings and times we’ve messed up and hurt other people. As well as reminding us all that when we’ve surrendered our … Read more
Thursday 12th 1 Peter Ch 4 verse 12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you The words that jump out at me from this verse are ‘do not be surprised’. In fact what surprises me is the … Read more
Thursday 5th Proverbs 27 verse 6 ‘faithful are the wounds of a friend’ What are friends for I find myself asking? Socialising, sharing life together, being there when things are not going well, but being wounded by them is not an answer that readily sprung to mind. This verse gets to the heart of what … Read more
Thursday 29th Psalm 120: 1 ‘I call on the Lord in my distress, and He answers me.’ I love the simplicity, yet sure and certain faith, hope and trust of this verse. ‘I call…and He answers me.’ This is God’s inspired Word speaking, and countless people of faith now and before us testify to … Read more
Thursday 22nd Revelation Ch 3 verse 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” I wonder what you make of this verse on first reading. The book of Revelation is not an easy book to read or understand, that is because it is apocalyptic in its outlook, which basically … Read more
Thursday 15th 1 Timothy Ch 1 Verse 15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. Whatever we may think was the reason that Jesus came into this world, this verse makes it crystal clear, he came to ‘save sinners’. All … Read more
Thursday 8th Psalm 57 verse 1. ‘I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.’ David wrote this Psalm as he was being pursued by King Saul who had become jealous of him even to the point of wanting to kill him. We today have this deep cavernous resource … Read more
Thursday 1st Psalm 44 verse 1 ‘…our fathers have told us what you did in their days…’ I wonder if today is a day to remember and give thanks for those of faith who have gone before us. Perhaps our own forebears, who have taught us, passed on the Good News to us, and prayed … Read more
Thursday 24th Ezekiel Ch 33 verse 20 But I will judge each of you according to your own ways. On many occasions, I have heard people say that God is unfair, generally because they have asked me about a particular point or issue and have not liked the answer that I have given them. When … Read more
Thursday 17th Acts Ch 13 verse 43 ‘many…followed Paul and Barnabus, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.’ That word ‘continue’ in this verse features in many a sermon. I guess it is like so many things in life such as learning as an instrument. The danger and … Read more
