"From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised". So it is! Throughout the day, as disciples of Jesus commit their ... Read more
"I will pray the Father … he will give". Completion is only effected when you receive. Shortly after saying this, Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, 'Receive the Holy ... Read more
"my kindness shall not depart from thee". God will not stop loving His children. If His love reached them when they were away from Him, it is inconceivable that it ... Read more
"one of these little ones". Jesus warns about the seriousness of harming innocent children - the deserved punishment being a millstone round the neck and thrown into the sea. He ... Read more
"strive lawfully". Put simply - don't get disqualified. When the writer was young he belonged to an athletic club and well remembers an occasion when running the last leg of ... Read more
"they may forget, yet will I not forget". We live in a world where anything can happen. Who can tell what a day will bring forth? The strongest may weaken ... Read more
"Give, and it shall be given unto you". These words are part of Jesus' 'Sermon on the Plain' - a lengthy discourse recorded for us by Luke in his Gospel. ... Read more
"if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners". Justification by faith does not allow the believer to continue in sin. If it did, ... Read more
"Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever". This was God's promise to David in relation to the accession of his son, Solomon, to the throne. It was, however, a ... Read more
"It is the Spirit who gives life". Without the Holy Spirit, the church is like a club, the Bible is antiquity and the Christian life the mere adoption of high ... Read more