"redeeming the time". A life lived without Christ in every part of it, fails to attain the standard set - hence the need for even a cup of cold water ... Read more

"She has come beforehand to anoint my body for burial". We wonder whether these words of Jesus indicate that the lady who came to anoint Jesus in the house of ... Read more

"If anyone wants to boast". Some people do seem to enjoy boasting. In many different areas we may obtain a sense of achievement. Yet the temptation to boast about our ... Read more

"he made the storm be still". The catalogue of God's doings listed in this Psalm makes interesting reading. This part verse is but one of many. It does not necessarily ... Read more

"it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved". 'It shall come to pass' means that the time will come. 'Whosoever' ... Read more

"walk as children of light". Allowing the light of the glorious gospel to illumine all of your being. Allowing His light to shine upon your path. The healing rays of ... Read more

"Jesus wept". Jesus did not weep because Lazarus was suffering, that was over, though He may have wept that Lazarus had been made to suffer. Neither did He weep because ... Read more

"The Lord is at your right hand". The shepherd on the Judean hillside may have little in common with the computer technician. But while the age is different and the ... Read more

"other foundation can no man lay". Many do try to lay down their own foundation and the building they erect upon it goes up rapidly. But the testings of life ... Read more

"yet in my flesh shall I see God". Job was a firm believer in the resurrection. He knew that once he was in the grave, decay would set in and ... Read more