In Isaiah 40:31 we read that wonderful promise, ‘Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.’ In the passage those who do this ‘waiting on the Lord’ are contrasted with youths and […]

We know from Romans 5:21, that grace trumps sin, any time, and anywhere. In fact the revelation of grace in the early church was so powerful that Paul had to ask the question ‘Shall we go on sinning that grace may abound?’, and the answer of course is ‘By no means! We died to sin; […]

Last week we were reflecting on the thought that the Lord is inviting us to overflow with thankfulness and gratitude (Colossians 2:7) and we considered how this may take the form of a bubbling spring welling up, or perhaps a quieter strong flow of a deep river. This week, more treasures have emerged on thanksgiving […]

Yesterday we were looking at the ‘amazing grace’ of which we are recipients, not just the one off event when I was born again, but the amazing grace which is transforming me day by day. As in John Newton’s wonderful hymn, there is the – ‘Amazing grace that saved a wretch like me’ – and […]

We have talked a lot in these blogs about the fact God has ‘decided’ to make us like Jesus. He has ‘predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers’.  This is good because we also know that ‘God is for us…..and will along […]

Today I believe the Lord is giving us a link between the last two blogs. We ended the blog the day before yesterday quoting Jesus as He encouraged His disciples saying, ‘I tell you the truth if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “move from here […]

‘”Further up and further in” cried Jewel and instantly they were off again’. Those of you who have enjoyed the Narnia books of CS Lewis will recognize the cry from the last chapter of ‘The Last Battle’. It seems to me it could echo Paul’s heart as he wrote to his friends in Philippi “ […]

This morning I felt that the Lord was wanting us to thank Him for our ‘impossibilities’. I had been listening to a song which listed some of the miracles in the bible, and some of the amazing things that the Lord has done for His people. I got to thinking that, inspite of the fact […]

Earlier this week we were talking about praying in the powerful name of Jesus and about the Lord’s promise that ‘He will do whatever we ask in His name’ John 14:14. We know that James tells us that we need to ask aright and we believe that staying closely connected to the Lord by our […]

We have now been on this journey of thanksgiving for six months and it struck me that we can summarise some of the things that the Lord has been teaching us, very simply. Thanksgiving creates connection like nothing else, both in human relationship and also particularly with our God. Remember how in Romans 1: 21 […]