"The midwives … let the boys live". The Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, feared God and recognised that the command of Pharaoh to kill all baby boys born to the ... Read more

"now he commands all men everywhere to repent". We are so lethargic that God needs do more than provide a way of escape, He must command us to take it! ... Read more

"do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live". If this injunction was needed for the Israelite in ... Read more

"Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters". God's family on earth will differ on many interpretations because none has all the answers and some things must wait till ... Read more

"speak the word only". The centurion must have recognised the authority that resided in Jesus and consequently he knew the power that was in His word. Jesus spoke with authority ... Read more

"we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God". In the Old Testament we read that "they looked unto Him and their faces were enlightened". In the New Testament ... Read more

"Everyone living in Jerusalem knows". The blessings of the gospel spilled outside the doors where the disciples were meeting. And when the man was healed at the Temple gate - ... Read more

"He knows your trudging through this great wilderness". Forty years wandering in the desert might aptly be described as trudging. In many ways our world is like a great wilderness ... Read more

"in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord". This is not an outward form or observance or conforming to a pattern laid down for you. It is not erecting an ... Read more

"he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem". Jesus' task was greater than anyone living had ever performed or ever could perform. The path that lay before Him was ... Read more