"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

"But you were unwilling to go up". It was a contest between God's word and the Israelites' reasoning. They listened to the gloomy report of the majority of the spies. ... Read more

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend". Sometimes it is necessary to wound in order to heal: this is notably so in the case of surgery when the surgeon makes ... Read more

"this is the promise … even eternal life". It is the greatest promise of all - it grasps a prize beyond the grave and places it in the heart of ... Read more

"Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe". There need be no feeling of failure if, when you witness to someone of your faith in Jesus, ... Read more

"seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness". Too many have things in the wrong order: what they consider to be of prime importance is in fact of least ... Read more

"because you have wholly followed the Lord my God". Caleb comes to us as a quiet, steady and godly leader. He did not seek notoriety and neither did he hesitate ... Read more