Following on from yesterdays thoughts about the incredible gift our five senses are to us, it seems appropriate that today we consider the power of thanksgiving to help us ‘pause’ in life in order to use those five senses well. Using thanksgiving to slow ourselves down in order to listen, look, savour a moment or […]

Today, and it must be partly because spring is definitely in the air, our thanksgiving just has to be for the wonderful way that God has made us. In particular for the fact that He has created us with our five senses with which to enjoy His wonderful creation, the incredible kaleidoscope of sights, sounds […]

Yesterday we were thinking about how our thanksgiving can change the atmosphere around us and at the same time bless and encourag our brothers and sisters. Today we look at another aspect of thanksgiving and its power to change atmospheres. Jesus told His disciples ‘You are the light of the world’,….’let your light shine before […]

In I Corinthians 14 Paul talks about matters arising when we come together for fellowship, worship, teaching, or what we call “church” by way of shorthand. (verse 26). Because the first part of the chapter focuses on the proper and helpful place of the gifts of tongues and prophecy and the second half can get […]

Yesterday we were looking at the kind of heart that would make a comfortable home for the  Lord . It is clearly going to be a heart that loves Him, but as we listened to some of the things that Jesus spoke to His disciples at the last supper, John 13-17, we realised that it […]

Yesterday we noted that when the Tabernacle was being made detailed instructions were given, many beautiful materials were used and the Holy Spirit came upon people like Bezalel gifting them with creativity. All this was in order to make the Tabernacle a very special place where the Lord  could come and ‘meet’ with His people, […]

In the Old Testament there were many instructions for the Tabernacle, how it was to be built and with what materials. There was a great deal of splendour about it and it was to be there for God to come and ‘be’ with His people. God even appointed special people and craftsmen to work on […]

Apart from noticing the amazing miracle of the countryside springing into life all around me, I have also been aware of something else that is springing up all around us, and that is new housing developments. Having a home is so important, and as we know homelessness is a big issue in our modern society, […]

Every year in this country it happens. The extraordinary miracle that is ‘spring’. Every year I am astounded at the transformation that takes place all around me, before my very eyes, and this year has been no exception.  I am talking of course about the trees, hedges and plants that at one moment look dry […]

Kind is defined in the Oxford English dictionary as being ’of a gentle or benevolent nature, showing friendliness and affection’. It is a beautiful quality, and not one that is easy to define or quantify, but it is one that we know and recognise when it is extended to us. Kindness can often be the […]