One of the things that has happened because Jesus has ascended to heaven is that the Holy Spirit has come in a different way than He did before the crucifixion. Jesus promised His disciples “I will ask the Father and He will give you another counselor to be with you forever”. John 14:16. He explained […]

When Jesus cried out from the cross, ‘It is finished’ or more correctly ‘It has been finished’ John 19:30, he was declaring that His sacrifice for sin was completed, the price fully paid, His death for our ‘life’. This was not, however, the end of His work on our behalf because in the midst of […]

The book of Revelation is often seen as a book that is telling us of future events, and it is quite often terrifying in its graphic portrayal of what is to come. So much so that the word Apocalypse has come to be synonymous with all kinds of human and physical ‘end of the world […]

Yesterday we were talking about the safety fence that is ‘thanksgiving’ and today we are looking at one of the times when we most need that fence, and that is when we are under pressure and feeling tempted. Temptation can come in any of three different areas. The most obvious is probably the temptation to […]

One route to the top of Helvellyn , a mountain in the English lake district, goes along a narrow path on top of a ridge called Striding Edge. (shown here).On either side of this ridge are steep slopes of hundreds of feet with crags and loose stones called a scree. If you slip down it […]

Yesterday after listening to all the news from around the world, I was struck by the thought that one of Jesus main titles is ‘Prince of Peace’, Isaiah 9:6. As we observe Him through the gospel narratives we see Him as a simple carpenter, with no formal political or religious status, living in a land […]

Today I want to give thanks for the wonderful principle of sowing and reaping. We read about it in the Bible and sometimes it can taken and used as a warning and a way of judging someone, but it is also a guide to great blessing. One of Job’s comforters for example was quick to […]

Even after fifty five years of walking with the Lord, I still find myself amazed that this relationship with Him is so personal. As I get older and realise more and more of the beauty and complexity of the world He created, the universe, and the whole spiritual realm too, it is somewhat overwhelming that […]

As we consider God’s kindness in decreeing that we should take one days rest in seven, I believe that it is also worth noting that Jesus understands that finding rest involves more than taking a day off from work and making it a day of rest, recreation, reflection. Jesus knew that we can take a […]

Yesterday we were thanking God for the wonderful gift that He gave mankind when He instituted the Sabbath. It’s a word that means cessation or ‘rest’. The Lord, who created us, knew that once mankind had left Eden, they were going to have to ‘toil’ in order to eat ‘all the days of their lives’, […]