Day by Day

Joy Comes In the Morning “For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5 (NKJV) Nights can be awful. And nights can be long. I read a story of a soldier from the Vietnam War who was [...]

Be Prepared “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.” Luke 21:34 (NKJV) One unwanted consequence of the Coronavirus pandemic is the stripping of the supermarket shelves. We’ve heard about it, seen it on the TV, maybe [...]

Granny’s Lake “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 (NRSV) Years ago, a young woman [...]

Pentecost “Now when the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house…and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Act 2:1-4 (NKJV) The word Pentecost is not [...]

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Acts 2:1 (NKJV) The Church is the representative body of Christ on Earth and “We are living in literally extraordinary times – times that will permanently shape us, our families and our nations.”* As [...]

Clap for the NHS “For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12 (NKJV) The verse above shows a time when Christ will rule on earth [...]

Judean Dates “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded [...]

Authority And Power “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.’” Matthew 28:18 (ESV) What is very important to note is that all authority and power on earth has been given to Jesus Christ. That is very significant, it means that there is nothing [...]

The First Message! “See what God has done!” Numbers 23:23 (NIV) Perhaps you remember Samuel Morse? He invented the wireless telegraph system, that could send messages anywhere either by paper tape or, incredibly, just by sound tapping out messages on a sending key using dots and dashes! What an amazing invention! This method of long-distance [...]

Refreshing Voices “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11 (NRSV) “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.” The words of Paul to the Corinthian community. He was addressing division. Corinth was a cosmopolitan community in which everyone [...]