It’s that time of year again when we lose so many hours of natural light and then, suddenly (although November is still too early for many of us!!), we begin to see many different kinds of light springing up all around us. Christmas lights now come as a welcome contrast to the decorations of Halloween […]

Following on from yesterdays thoughts about ‘How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring ‘Good News’. I thought today really must be about ‘Joy’. Good news always brings joy!! In Isaiah’s day of course all news came on foot, a runner would be sent to tell of a hard won military […]

Yesterday we were considering how, with our ‘feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.’ Ephesians 6:15, we could bring good news to people with confidence, and even have some fun doing so. This is because the gospel is such good news especially to the ‘poor, the broken-hearted, the captives, the […]

Shoes are fun and functional! I know lots of people just love buying shoes, for others of us it is just a chore, and as long as we have shoes on our feet we don’t go looking for more. So I have never quite ‘got’ the significance of us having our ‘feet fitted with the […]

A further thought occurred to me today with regard to the breastplate, and it is this. In addition to protecting my heart from the slurs and condemnation of the devil about myself, this breastplate can also protect me from the devils slurs and insinuations about God’s character. We read in Proverbs 4:23, ‘Above all else, […]

If the ‘helmet of Salvation and the sword of the Spirit, (God’s Word), help to guard my mind from the lies and insinuations of the enemy, the ‘breastplate of righteousness’ surely guards my heart. We are, of course, whole people and perhaps the distinction between heart and mind is not always very clear, but I […]

Yesterday, quoting Psalm 119:11, we suggested that making sure that God’s words are hidden in our hearts was a good way to guard our minds. A way to prevent us from being tempted and deceived by the devil into reacting and living from the ‘old me’ and not the new creation that I now am. […]

We were talking yesterday about the need to be aware of allowing the information that we gather throughout each day to trigger the ‘old man’ reactions in us. Things like jealousy, anger, impatience, lust/greed, etc. This is especially the case in our 21st century digital age when so much information is coming at us, right […]

Yesterday we were considering the miracle of ‘new birth’ and the fact that the Lord has taken away our old stony heart and given us His heart. He has also given us His Spirit in order to help us to live from that new heart, and not return to the old. He promised this through […]

We watched a strange film the other night. It was about a young woman who had a heart transplant. Ever since the transplant she didn’t feel herself. ‘Herself’ being an angry, promiscuous, very selfish person. She has toxic family relationships, so no real place to call home, a broken career, friendships she destroys, and a […]