"my flesh shall rest in hope". Naturally speaking my body, or my flesh is slowly dying. I am trying to get done all I can before my last breath heralds an enforced rest. But he whose hope is in the Lord knows One who rose again triumphant from the grave: mightily and victoriously overcoming the ... Read more

"Because I live, you will live also". The truth that Jesus is alive infuses life into every one of His followers. The day of His resurrection poured a flood of light on those dark days at Calvary. He died to save us, He lives to intercede for us. We can expect and experience new life ... Read more

"Does a person gain anything if he wins the whole world but loses his life? ". Life is as valued by the beggar as it is the prince, though in vastly contrasting ways. The world is valuable but in real terms only if you can enjoy and benefit from it. If you have to barter ... Read more

"The hope of the righteous shall be gladness". Hopes and aspirations can change quite considerably as life goes on. When we think of some of the things we hoped for we wonder where our sense was. Hope can fade - in later years it generally does: to see it fade in a younger person is ... Read more

"Who has determined the course of history? ". God determined history and carried it out. Sending His Son into our world He fulfilled Old Testament prophecy. The Incarnation, when God took upon Himself our likeness in the Person of His Only Son, altered the course of history for all time. Men no longer look forward ... Read more

"Search the scriptures". Jesus spoke these words to those who were teachers of the Law and should be fully conversant with Scriptures. They read these Scriptures but not with enlightened vision. So they did not recognise Christ when He came. All men need to be careful they do not treat the Scriptures as an old ... Read more

"By faith the walls of Jericho fell down". The faith was in the hearts of Joshua and the Children of Israel who marched around the city day after day for a whole week. They encompassed the city seven times the seventh day, blew their trumpets and shouted with a great shout. Not an arrow was ... Read more

"Great peace have those who love your law". Great peace ensues once a soul recognises God's law, and especially when that soul hears God speaking through His word. The trespasser must always be wary of the landowner catching him, the transgressor of being found out. Neither can ever really be at rest. Religion wherever and ... Read more

"now he commands all men everywhere to repent". These words are taken from the Apostle Paul's sermon on Mars Hill Athens, after he had seen the altar they had erected "to the Unknown God." He told of the true God's dealings with men in time past. Now, since Jesus came, God is looking for those ... Read more

"Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged". These were God's words to Joshua and that made all the difference. We are afraid and become discouraged because we do not know and cannot see God's plan. God says "Do not be afraid" because those who follow Him have nothing to fear. Fear will be fuelled ... Read more