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00172 - One Good Thing A Day
In the 80’s I heard a wonderful sermon on servanthood, the speaker used Psalm 37:3 as a pretext to his message ‘Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness’. (NKJV) By the time he finished; ending with the point that he planned to do at least one good deed each day of his life, I was won over and since then I’ve done the same. Whether it be, writing a nice card, a phone call, painting a fence, doing someones shopping, being a taxi for a fam
00171 - Look In Your Rear View Mirror
Faith, experience and wisdom are often intertwined. Let’s not forget to learn from them in our journey with God. Looking to the history of our rear view mirror, we see how we prayed, what God answered, the advice we got from people. Even if we didn’t act the way we could or should have in the past, God knew that before time. Isaiah 41:10 says ‘…I will uphold you with my righteous right hand’. (NIV). This is not a ‘free get out of jail card’, we have our part to play, to grow
00170 - Beatitudes - Those That Mourn
It almost seems impossible to understand how you can be blessed when you mourn. Matthew 5:4 says ‘Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted’. (NKJV). When we grieve, we miss the person we have lost, who they were, what they did, how they impacted our lives. We gave up a piece of ourselves in the process of coming to terms with their death. To be blessed means, we are made holy, consecrated. It’s as if in our grief we go through a filter of asking ourselves what
00169 - Joyful In Hope
Jesus is the hope of our lifetime, the hope that enables all of us to have the opportunity of Eternity. When God sent Jesus to earth, it was with the intent for Jesus to invite God’s creation back into relationship. That cost Jesus in his earthly form, his life. John 3:16-17 says 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
00168 - What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self?
When I look at the winding route of life and reflect upon some of the choices I made, I wish I had asked God for wisdom in my choice. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t live in regret, I continue to life a full and fruitful life. Yet there were moments and choices I made that were not wise at all. Proverbs 2:6 says ‘For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding’. (NIV) The benefit now of getting a little older is we can convey experienced wisdom to the y
00167 - Reading The Bible In Context
This devotional aims is keeping building faith, through encouragement, inspiration and teaching. It will never replace the Bible and will always promote a scripture. Psalm 119:105 says ‘Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path’. (NIV) When we read the Bible, always try to read around the whole verse mentioned, it will give you context of what was going on at the time in the situation outlined. The new testament in particular is good because Matthew, Mark, Luke and
00166 - I Lift My Hands To The Coming King
This wonderful song by Andre Kempen speaks to our commitment to Christ and His Kingdom while we are here on earth. I speaks to our dedication and commitment, that in spite of circumstance we are able as believers to still keep a keen focus on Jesus. John 14:21 says ‘Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them’. (NIV) Ultimately this speaks of our relationship
00165 - Thrive, Not Just Survive
An active and inquisitive mind will enrich your life. Yet most people find themselves striving through the days and weeks, seeming trapped by the mundane and ordinary. Have you thought to do something out of the blue, start a course, begin painting or taking up a sport, just to distract yourself out of striving and into thriving. One of the biggest challenges we have is keeping our outlook on life fresh and fulfilled. Ezekiel 16:7 says ‘I made you thrive like a plant in the f
00164 - People Who Believe In You
It is sometimes said that you can only count your true friends on one hand. I guess meaning the friends that walk with you the most of your life. Proverbs 17:17 says ‘Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble’. (MSG) Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in new friendships, whether starting a job or moving house, there are always new people to meet. Just be careful to maintain contact with those life long friends, who will l
00163 - Depression Doesn’t Define You
Decades ago, the word depression was a taboo word, it was a social weakness even to mention it, yet there are hundreds of scriptures which speak straight into how we feel and how to keep moving forward. Isaiah 41:10 says ‘So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.’ (NIV) Depression is the constant influence of stress and anxiety in life. It’s when you feel worn
00162 - Winchester Cathedral
Taking over 450 years to build, the cathedral sees around 1,000 visitors a week. Worship started at the cathedral around 1093, in a then Norman style architecture and boasting one of the longest nave’s in Europe. When I visited there several years ago, I wanted to find a place to pray. I saw some candels off to one side, with a board you could pin written prayers to. I saw an unassuming brass plaque which stated, ‘There has been uninterrupted prayer in this place for 1,000 ye
00161 - Agents Of Spectacular Grace
Someone once said grace gives us what we don’t deserve and mercy protects us from what we do deserve, whichever way you look at it, God is benevolent. 2 Corinthians 9:8 expands on this thought, ‘And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.’ (NKJV) In as much as we are the recipients of grace, we can also be agents of grace too. Imagine showing the people you meet each d
00160 - Your Past Doesn’t Control Your Future
Of course, there are many defining moments in life which shape our character and make us who we are today. Good occasions and bad times which act as signposts in life taking us one way or the other. The weird thing is we tend to allow the negatives in life to control us and our potential for the future way more than the good things that have happened to us. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says ‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,
00159 - It’s All About Jesus
There are moments in life, where we lift our arms in the air and thank God for the knowledge and reality of Jesus in our lives. It might have been a song that sets us off, or a view of creation that we have never seen, or even the accomplishment of our Church that just reminds us that life is ultimately all about Jesus. In Mark 4:41 even the disciples around Jesus asked, ‘…Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?’ (NLT) We might think we know Jesus; we mig
00158 - The Body Coach
As the Covid Lockdown hit, an unknown fitness instructor, Joe Wicks started daily work outs on YouTube. He focussed on schools, who’s children were stuck at home. Within days of him starting the fitness videos, over a million people each day were joining in. Everyone felt a sense of distant togetherness, an online community that joined in a beneficial workout, good for the body and good for the soul, since then young and old have joined in this new phenomenon. Proverbs 17:22
00157 - Don’t Just Be A Spectator
If you have ever heard of the 80/20 rule, you’ll know it speaks of 20% of the people doing 80% of the work, whatever the project or enterprise. This often leads to the 20% getting burnt out and the 80% complaining they are not being served well enough. The 20% complain the 80% are spectators and the 20% complain that the 80% don’t do anything! Which group do you belong to? When we think of God’s Kingdom there is only one 100% group, in which everyone does something, and we a
00156 - Sat Navs
Most of us grew up travelling to a place with an A-to-Z Map (The larger the better). Everything changed when TomTom, first brought the Sat Nav technology to the mass-market. Sadly, the early inaccuracies of this technology directed people to drive off cliffs, drive across farmland, or take a 700-mile journey when someone only wanted to travel 30 miles down the road. Things have got a lot better since then… In Psalm 32:8 David says of God ‘I will instruct you and teach you i
00155 - Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat
It’s easy to slip into a rut and feel that you are living life like a hamster running on a little wheel. Covid in particular increased that sense as so many of our activities were curtailed. Colossians 3:23 says ‘And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men’. (NKJV) Even when things feel mundane, you can find new purpose in them, try new kinds of food, approach your work as if you are doing it for God. Volunteer for something, knowing that God inspired i
00154 - He Tried To Blow Up Parliament
Guy Fawkes was born in 1570, a devote Catholic born in York. He moved to Spain and became part of the eighty-year war against the Protestant Dutch reformers. A group of friends including Fawkes wanted to see a Catholic Monarch in the UK. With his cohorts, he came back to the UK from Spain intending to assassinate King James I. They found a way to place gunpowder bomb within Westminster’s House of Lords. Fawkes was found guarding the bomb, was arrested, and then tortured. The
00153 - You Become What You Focus On
There is simple and clear advice in Colossians 3:2 ‘Let heaven fill your thoughts; don’t spend your time worrying about things down here.’ (TLB) Although the advice in this verse is clear, most Christians find it hard to do. We get so distracted by bad news, difficult circumstances, or just the constant media bombardment we experience each day, whether soap operas on TV or social media, occupying so much of our time. When your input is focussed on reading or watching negat
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