"Ruth was determined to go". Some change must have taken place in Ruth's heart when, or soon after, she married one of Naomi's sons. It may have been the different way of life, for he was a refugee from Judah and she a Moabitess or it may have been the sincerity and devotion of her ... Read more

"for great is the glory of the Lord". The glory of the Lord is seen in the splendour that surrounds His throne - a glory only seen by mortal eye in vision or dream. Something of that glory shone through the Lord Jesus on the Mt. of Transfiguration. The Apostle John in his Gospel says, ... Read more

"great multitudes came unto him". That attractive power of Jesus has never been lost. Two thousand years after He spoke these words, Jesus is attracting multitudes today. In many different ways and places yet all with the same magnetic drawing power of the Lord in our midst. Risen from the dead yet ever living, His ... Read more

"hope to the end". In his letter to believers scattered throughout Asia, Peter is exhorting them not to lose heart. In effect, he is telling them to fix their eyes on the end of the race. Glory awaits the child of God at the end of the way. And should it be that in the ... Read more

"they rose up in the twilight". They were four lepers living in no-man's land between the Syrian army and the besieged inhabitants of Samaria. For them daylight was fading in more ways than one. Yet they realised they faced a choice - stay where they were and starve or go to the Syrian camp and ... Read more

"a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume". How do we express our love for the Lord? This woman had a reputation that caused embarrassment to others but not to Jesus. What the disciples considered a waste was valued by Jesus because he knew the depth of love that was behind the ... Read more

"the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus". God the Father has highly exalted His Son, Jesus. It must have been glorious when in that conference of the God-head before the world began, He agreed to go on that great undertaking of salvation. It was glorious at His actual Incarnation when the heavenly ... Read more

"So is everyone who is born of the Spirit". Jesus used the wind to illustrate to Nicodemus the ministry the Holy Spirit would have in his life when he was born again. The wind blows where it will - you cannot predict the course it will take. You can hear the wind, but cannot see ... Read more

"And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit". The Holy Spirit brings joy - it is a fruit of the Spirit. The disciples were filled with the joy of the Spirit because they had obeyed God's voice and faithfully proclaimed His Word. It was not the joy of ease and acceptance ... Read more

"Go your way". We are not told where Bartimaeus went after Jesus had healed him. Whatever he did, it was his own thing - Jesus called it, 'your way'. The Lord did not want Bartimaeus to live the life of someone else. He would mix with people who would marvel at his experience, but he ... Read more