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00208 - Missing Loved Ones ?
The loss of any loved one during the year is especially felt at birthdays and Christmas. You might have glanced over to the empty chair at lunch, or missed their humour during the day. There is usually an emptiness that’s felt that you shouldn’t try and rush to fill. Let you mind and heart celebrate their life, let’s not forget they still live on in you and in time you will be reunited in heaven. Matthew 5:4 has a straight forward promise, ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for th
00207 - Slow Down And Breathe
This time of year for many is one of the only times to slow down a breathe, to spend some time with family, to play chess or board games, to laugh, knowing the problems you face can wait for a few days while you have some time off. There is a great promise in Exodus 33:14, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest’. (NIV) It is OK not to be busy. It’s OK to watch something funny on TV and have a belly laugh. It’s OK to have a good old natter with a friend or fam
00206 - What To Do With The Left Overs ?
When we moved to Manchester, we decided as the new kids on the block to have a Christmas party, we printed invitations, took them around and no one came. With quick thinking we took food around on trays to neighbours, saying sorry if you couldn’t make the party, so we brought the food to you. It broke the ice on our street and forged new friendships. Luke 3:11 says ‘… Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same
00205 - Go For A Long Walk With Friends
It’s a bit of a Boxing Day tradition in the UK, to have along walk with family or friends. The day was originally meant to be a day when the spoils of Christmas would be shared with those poor in the surrounding community. It used to be originally called ‘Offering Day’. 1 Peter 4:10 says ‘As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God’. (NKJV) These days Boxing day is still an opportunity to serve one another, with t
00204 - Oh Come Let Us Adore Him
This, the first line of the chorus from ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’, was written in 1744. There are five separate sources claiming they wrote it. The most likely is a Cistercian monk. Four verses originally written in Latin, hence its original title ‘Adeste Fideles’. It was added to by a French Catholic priest and now has eight full verses (one rarely sung). When we come to Jesus, Joyful and Triumphant, we exalt Him, we submit to His name and majesty and we commit ourselves to
00203 - Twas The Night Before Christmas
The phrase characterised by the children’s book written by Clement Clarke Moore, the book gets children excited for the visit of a fictional character - santa klaus. Imagine the actual nights before Jesus birth ? the excitement of the star in the night sky for the three kings, then, the angel appearing to the shepherds, and how they must have felt. Luke 2:10-11 says ‘But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the peo
00202 - Be A Hope Carrier
During Brexit, Covid, the Ukraine War and the cost of living crisis, people have been watching how people of faith like you and I handle the pressure and navigate the circumstance. When you hold hope in your heart, let people experience that. Romans 12:12 says ‘Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying’. (NLT) Our reassurance of Hope is Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. The more we rely on His Hope within us, the more we exude
00201 - The Gift That Keeps On Giving
When you think through the gifts you might have received in your life - flowers, hand tools, socks!!, an inheritance, a dog. Amongst all of that some last for a day other things for a few years. It’s only when you get a gift that is eternal, you are able to put everything into perspective. Ephesians 2:8-9 says ‘For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast’. (NIV) The olde
00200 - Hubble Verses James Webb Telescope
When the Hubble telescope was launched in 1990 into low earth orbit, the world was shocked by the images it captured. It would be Christmas day 31 years later when the weird looking James Webb telescope was launched offering six times the detail of Hubble. Genesis 1:1 says ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’. (NIV) Far before the telescope were built, God created the universe that they would later look at. The James Webb telescope in particular has shown
00199 - In Praise Of Slow.
Life seems to be rushed, compressed and society seems stressed. Having the ability to just breathe and be at rest seems more and more distant in our modern world. Ironically, what we are told is the technology and opportunity we have should make life easier and simpler than ever before. Psalm 46:10 says ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!’. (NKJV) Slow suggests we come away from busyness, take time out from o
00198 - Covering Someones Sin
When sin these days seems to be celebrated, covering someones sin seems a big ask. Yet there may be good Christians around us that occasionally stumble, but are still good to their core. Noah, got drunk and naked one night, and his sons came to the rescue. Genesis 9:23 says ‘Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see t
00197 - Enveloped By His love
Who would send His son, to die for us ? who would always advocate for our future ? He is your Heavenly Father. Psalm 139:7-10 says ‘Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast’. (NIV) It’s time to accept that God wants
00196 - Don’t Go Overboard With Presents
Christmas is coming and with the cost of living crisis squeezing, we have to think about what is more important in the relationship with our children, grandchildren or families which are close friends. Our society suggests that we should do the best we can to impress, yet anytime you ask a child what they really want, they want you, they want time. 1 Timothy 6:6 says ‘…godliness with contentment is great gain’. (NIV) Keeping things simple and fun, playing lots of games and sp
00195 - It Takes 40 Tries To Form A Habit
A habit is a regular practice or tendency. It’s easy to form bad habits as they usually appeal to our sinful nature. It’s harder to form a habit which breaks us free from the bad ones we might have formed. It’s like a war between good and bad, the habit that wins is the one we give the most time to. Psalm 18:2 says, ‘The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold’. (NIV) Rely
00194 - Touch A Neighbour, Make A Friend
1 Thessalonians 5:11 says ‘Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing’. (NIV) This suggests you already know a neighbour or have become a friend. The inference is friendship is not static. Someone might move in across the street or we ourselves might move house. The cycle of developing friendships will then starts all over again. Most people wait for friendship to come their way rather than making an effort to go and find people to
00193 - Doing Our Bit For The Planet
Growing up in a rural area, it was quite natural to look after nature, not litter etc. Recycling was never thought of. There were no single use plastics, everyone bought locally, the community looked after itself and the environment. How things have changed. Within the space of 40 years, mans stewardship of the planet has seemed to have slipped to a place where there is now a gargantuan task ahead, to firstly live life in a more natural way and secondly clean up the mess that
00192 - The Right Balance Of Correction
The Christian Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson is quoted as saying ‘actions guided by love and words guided by truth’ obviously in a sense to bring correction to someone in a situation, particularly children. Ephesians 6:4 says ‘…do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord’. (NIV) Correction in any situation requires some choice. Do you shout to push your point, do you intimate without actually saying what
00191 - Necessity, The Mother Of Invention
Attributed originally to Plato, this phrase states how creative we can be when needed. Let’s face it, most of the time we just live our daily routine. When faced with really difficult circumstance our creativity through necessity is free to find solutions for the way forward. We never see this otherwise. Ephesians 2:10 says ‘For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do’. (NIV) You may also feel in a rut, and
00190 - Try
When Mandy Harvey came to sing in America’s Got Talent 2017, it seemed like just another audition. It wasn’t too long before the judges found out she was deaf. She had written a song called ‘Try’ and explained to everyone that she lost her hearing because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at the age of 18. She kept rhythm through the changes in vibration she felt through the floor as the music played. It’s remarkable how she decided to overcome her adversity. She had a ‘golden buzzer
00189 - Why Are Elephants Scared Of Mice?
It’s an odd question, but true none the less. Studies show that because the elephant is outwitted by this little pest, it can stop it biting its toes or climbing up its body onto it trunk, so the elephant would rather run away than deal with this little adversary. I don’t want to call us elephants and neither do I want to call the devil a mouse, yet we get so scared by the prospect of his influence in our lives that we flee from him rather than him from us. James 4:7 says ‘Su
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