"Whatever your hand finds to do". We need to be looking for gainful employment. No waiting around hoping something will fall into our lap. And everyone born anew by the ... Read more

"Be happy and glad". Christ's desire for His followers is that they should be happy and glad. The cause and quality of this happiness is different from that of the ... Read more

"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me". God knows everything about everybody: nothing is hidden from Him. Every hair on your head is numbered. It is not just detail but ... Read more

"they spoke the word of the Lord to him". The meal the apostles had with the jailor and his family after their release from prison was not the most important ... Read more

"he sent them into his vineyard". This world can be likened to the Lord's vineyard. We have not been placed here to dream out our lives in idleness or luxury. ... Read more

"I will feed them in a good pasture". Sheep of the Great Shepherd are assured of the very best if they will feed where the Lord leads them. Such provision ... Read more

"fruitful in every good work". Jesus told His disciples He had chosen and ordained them that they might bring forth fruit. The Apostle Paul's prayer was that fruitfulness should extend ... Read more

"you have kept the good wine until now". These words spoken by the master of the wedding feast accurately describe the experience of every disciple who walks close beside His ... Read more

"But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord". David no doubt thought he had sewn up the matter. The whole thing was over as far as he was ... Read more

"The Lord is righteous in all his ways". Recognising this truth enables us to accept and thank Him for all He sends and the way He leads. We cannot see ... Read more