Day by Day

Washed in His Blood “Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 (KJV) Don’t you just feel silly sometimes? Walking back to the Tube station after singing in Messiah from Scratch® in London the other night, I tripped and split my chin open on the pavement…Thanks to the [...]

Just Who is This Man? “And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’” Mark 8:27 (ESV) Our family was taking a walk through Wakehurst Gardens. We had climbed up some steps and reached a small [...]

Lineage “You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, ‘Here is your God!’” Isaiah 40:9 (NIV) Have you ever thought about the Bible? And, if you have blown the dust off your copy and opened it to [...]

Is There Hope? “If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days…I will wait, till my change comes. You shall call and I will answer You; You shall desire the works of Your hands.” Job 14:14-15 (NKJV) No one likes to think or talk about death, yet God has talked about it from [...]

Anticipating the Anticipation “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Luke 1:32-33 (NIV UK) When I asked [...]

Comfort For My People “‘Your God is coming!’ Yes, the Sovereign Lord is coming in power.” Isaiah 40:9-10 (NLT) On December 12 the UK will be having a General Election and we don’t know what the political landscape will be once the people have spoken. However, we long for a political class that incorporates the [...]

A Living Sacrifice “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1 (NIVUK) This week the leaders of 29 countries gathered in London at the NATO Summit, which marked 70 years [...]

Possession “Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.’” Luke 12:15 (NIV) ‘Possession is nine tenths of the law’! This expression is credited as derived from the Scottish expression ‘possession is eleven points in the law, and they [...]

Retreats “He said to [the apostles]: ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’” Mark 6:31 (NRSV) Why did Jesus want to get away from the crowds with His disciples and ‘rest a while’? What had been going on? Several things, all emotionally taxing for Jesus as well as for [...]

Dragonflies “And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.” Revelation 9:3 (NIV) Have you ever watched a TV programme about people from the past being sent to the future? They are bewildered and confused by modern technology and when they return [...]