One of the wonderful things about the Bible is that sometimes it is rather like a ‘pass the parcel’ game at a children’s party! It has many layers, and every time you unwrap a layer you find a new surprise and blessing. It may even make you whoop with joy and thanksgiving like the children […]

One of the kings of Israel who used the right lens and the weapon of worship to see the enemy defeated was Jehoshaphat. We read in 2 Chronicles 20 of a time when the two tribes of Moab and Ammon joined forces and came against Israel.  King Jehoshaphat was told ‘A great multitude has come […]

In 2 Corinthians 10:4 we read that ‘the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses’. He is writing here about arguments that can be thrown up setting themselves against the knowledge of God, and about taking our thoughts captive, and making our thinking obedient […]

During this pandemic, I think we have all become far more familiar with the ‘delivery’ people! These people have become part and parcel (forgive the bad joke) of everyday life. So today we are thanking God for being ‘Our Deliverer.’ We are not talking here primarily about deliverance from demonic spirits, but about being ‘carried’ […]

My first experience of someone giving me a prophetic word came when I was at college. The course I had signed up for didn’t exist!!! I was feeling rather confused and lost, when my friend (who at that time I had only just met) who came from a charismatic church told me, rather hesitatingly, that […]

In Mark chapter 8 we read of a curious interaction between Jesus and His disciples. They are in a boat going to the region of Dalmanutha. The disciples had just seen Jesus feed four thousand people with seven loaves and a few small fish. When He tells them “Be careful, watch out for the yeast […]

It’s funny how often people feel ‘stuck’ in life. Stuck in a job, stuck with a limited income or stuck with responsibilities that prevent them from doing the things they would like to do. Well in the Kingdom of God there is never any need to feel stuck, because the Holy Spirit is on a […]

Gentleness or in the older translations ‘meekness’ is not always a quality we necessarily  equate with God Almighty. Nor is it a quality that we can easily equate with great political power, certainly not in our world today.  We read of Moses however that  ‘the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which […]

In the gospel narratives, it is clear that faithfulness is very important to the Lord. This is no surprise because it is another one of these essential characteristics of God Himself. Throughout the bible from beginning to end God declares Himself to be ‘the Faithful One’ and that is who His people prove Him to […]

So here’s a random thought. What if God wasn’t good? What if the creator of the universe – of you and me, wasn’t good? It’s an inconceivable thought. The word good itself comes from God, and our culture is steeped in the idea that God is good. This is clear by the way we use […]