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 […]

Someone who understood that God’s heart was to bless and prosper him was King David. He could well have heard those words that Jeremiah spoke, “For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the Lord,” plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future”, […]

Another real spiritual certainty, upon which we can rest our lives here on earth, is that our God who has paid such a great price for us on the cross, bringing us into His family as His well loved sons and daughters, has great plans for us. How do we know that? “For I know […]

We wrote yesterday that physical death was the only real certainty in our lives here on earth. Given that that is the case, it is interesting how much in our modern world we love to work with certainties. Our lives run to timetables and these are not just for buses and planes. We want to […]