One of the passages of scripture that I knew long before I was a Christian was ‘the Magnificat’. Mary’s song of praise to the Lord, which she spoke out after Elizabeth had prophetically confirmed the Angel ‘s message to her, that she would have a baby and that He would be the long awaited Messiah. […]

Apart from rising above the challenges that life throws up and finding God’s Peace in the ‘storms’ of life, waiting on the Lord, or ‘entwining our heart’ with His, Isaiah 40:31, brings another blessing too. As we wait on Him and ‘rise up on eagles wings’ we begin to see things more clearly from God’s […]

Many of our cards over Christmas spoke of ‘Peace’, and quite rightly so because we were celebrating the coming of Jesus the ‘Prince of Peace’ Isaiah 9:6. We genuinely wanted to bless our friends and family, Christian and non Christian, with ‘Peace’. The problem is that Jesus, the Prince of Peace, came into a very […]

One of the difficulties of life is the fact that it is not a rehearsal. The fact is that, as we go through life, we are learning on the job and doing so many things for the first time and so, as we go, we make many mistakes.  We are potentially learning and growing all […]

In a recent conversation with a friend, who was feeling a little ‘stuck’ in life and in her faith, I made a suggestion that I thought would help her to move forward. Her reply was, ”That means taking a risk”. To which I said, “Yes it does”.  I then I found myself thinking about Elijah, […]

In 2 Corinthians chapter 1, Paul is explaining his change of plan to his friends in the church at Corinth. It seems likely that they were disappointed, perhaps even critical of, his change of plan. Possibly Paul felt that he was looking unreliable and vacillating, because in verse 17 he asks, ‘do I make my […]

It occurred to me (after writing yesterday’s blog) that sometimes it is hard to ‘give’ to others when we are actually carrying a lot of stuff ourselves. That is to say that, when we are carrying heavy burdens that weigh us down and preoccupy us, it is sometimes hard to notice those opportunities to ‘give’ […]

Before Christmas we were thinking a good deal about asking our Father God for those things that we need Him to provide for us and that we want Him to do for us and for others. Christmas increases our faith in asking as it reminds us that there is, at the heart of Christianity, a […]

This comes with our very best wishes for a Happy New Year, and our prayers that all of us will have a heightened awareness of the love of God and of His presence with us in 2022. May we recognise, each day, His kindness and care for us, His hand in our lives working for […]

I expect you are familiar with Psalm 92 where, in verses 12 to 14 it says, “The righteous man (and woman) will flourish like a palm tree, he will grow like a cedar of Lebanon, planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield […]