I think singing must be very important to the Lord. As I glance through the concordance at the occurrence of the word ‘singing’ in the bible, it becomes clear that whenever anything eventful happens, when ever God acts, or is present with His people, there is singing. In heaven itself the singing must be wonderful […]
Yet again my morning walk gave me the inspiration for today’s blog! This time I was struck by the beauty of the mellow autumn colours, in the very welcome morning sunshine As I was thanking the Lord for the lovely view ahead of me I just felt the Holy Spirit reminding me that there is […]
I was walking this morning in the wood nearby here, and became aware of many, many small oak trees. They varied in height but some were barely waste high. Then I looked up to see the full height of the oak trees that had shed their acorns to enable this vast little army of oaks […]
It occurred to me the other day that our God is a God who loves celebration. He particularly loves it when His people recognise what He has done for them and choose to celebrate enthusiastically. It always seems a bit strange to me that a vast crowd of people can go wild and celebrate when […]
Yesterday we were considering the ‘joy’ that is in the Godhead, over us!!! Over us His people, The ‘Bride of Christ’. We also looked at our ‘joy’ in the Lord, in the wonder, that the King of all Kings ‘should die to save a wretch like me’. (William How) For most of us that joy […]
Over the past couple of days we have written about peace and love as hallmarks of our life in Christ. Both of those grace gifts come from the Holy Spirit, our indwelling helper. They are of course ‘fruits’ of the Spirit that grow in us as we allow His life to flow through us, carrying […]
One of the ways, in fact the main way, in which we, as Christ’s body on earth, are called to validate our claim that He is the Saviour of the world, is by the way we live and work together as His people. Jesus’ last supper discourse with His disciples, and His prayer for them, […]
When the Israelites were travelling through the wilderness, they had the most amazing visual aid of God’s surrounding presence. God made sure that they knew He was with them. ‘By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of […]
The blog today is inspired by the arrival here of a young man who has gone through many things in the past few years that have left him in need of ‘time out’ for rest and recuperation. As we have talked and he has shared his journey with us, we have been reminded again of […]
In that well known story of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well, John 7:4-26, Jesus, as He often does, avoids her question and makes a strong statement of His own. The dialogue, after Jesus has asked for a drink, goes thus – Samaritan woman, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan […]