"Don't bother me". The man in Jesus' parable appreciated his bed more than the need of his neighbour and did not want to get up and give him bread. I ... Read more

"She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy". God has given womanhood a tenderness that can be found nowhere else. Though on occasions it ... Read more

"all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you". So many things in life seem to be coming our way yet turn off at the last minute or disappear ... Read more

"because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked". When staying with tent-makers Paul turned his hand with them to the craft he had learned. ... Read more

" (He) would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple". Jesus chose the occasion of His visiting the temple to protest against the desecration of ... Read more

p>"Why are we sitting here until we die? ". I think the emphasis on these words spoken by four lepers was that they were sitting doing nothing. They were waiting ... Read more

"so great salvation". It is great because without it man had no hope whatever of extricating himself from the quagmire of sin. Great because it is all embracing. Salvation in ... Read more

"he walked on the water, to go to Jesus". Very spectacular! But his walking on the water was short-lived and soon ended in beginning to sink. We may not get ... Read more

"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life". Few, if any, of us escape trouble: we don't have to look far to see it. If it ... Read more

"your God will be my God". It does seem as though Naomi was a person about whom, if a Christian, you would say, 'If that's a Christian, I want to ... Read more