"out of his heart will flow rivers of living water". The spiritual heart is the innermost being of a person. Faith in Christ - accepting Jesus and believing He is all He promises to be to you - makes a change within. Becoming a Christian is not applying a truth to the surface and allowing ... Read more

"at home in the body". The body is a comfortable home for some, for others it is racked with pain or disabled with infirmity. For all who love the Lord and look for His appearing there should be the knowledge that this home is temporary. Don't get too comfortable or the Lord may put a ... Read more

"You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God". What has God been doing with you all these years? Fed and clothed you while others wasted away? Given you health while others suffered? Protected you while others were exposed to all kinds of adversity? Moses reminded the Children of ... Read more

"windows in heaven" Letting the sunshine of God's love into our darkened hearts and lives. Showering upon us untold blessings and gifts from our loving heavenly Father. Opened to grant us a glimpse of the things God has prepared for those that love Him. A welcome break in the leaden skies that seem to cover ... Read more

"God has revealed them to us through his Spirit". The Apostle Paul writes about the hidden wisdom of God - something that the rulers and nobility of this world knew nothing of, or they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. In another passage he tells us that not many wise or mighty are ... Read more

"and I don't know". Never hesitate to use these words. Mary uttered them on one of the greatest occasions in history and certainly the most amazing days in her life. They relate to Mary's search for Jesus on finding the tomb empty. When you don't know, say so! Pretending to know gets nowhere. It is ... Read more

"you have cast all my sins behind your back". From these words it seems that Hezekiah recognised it was his sins that had made his house disorderly and caused God to issue an ultimatum to him. He further recognised that when he repented of his sin God had cast these transgressions away and given him ... Read more

"the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his household". The Lord's children should know the blessing of the Lord in their homes. God's blessing is something to be shared and felt by all living under the same roof. Obed-edom's case illustrates the way in which God's blessing should be a sign to all who see it ... Read more

"treasure in heaven". The wonder is that more do not see the great opportunity life affords each one to lay up treasure in heaven. People work hard in the world, but do little or nothing about spiritual things. They toil in the world's vineyard yet stand idle in God's work. They strive for the gates ... Read more

"if we neglect so great salvation". Neglecting salvation is knowing about it but doing nothing. It is a great salvation because it lifts from the lowest to the highest: great because it is all of grace - offered by God's unmerited favour and great because it is entirely the work of God Himself. Therefore, it ... Read more

"Let no-one lose heart". Goliath may have been champion of the Philistines but young David was champion both for God's people and for God's cause. Thank God for young 'Davids' around today - men (and women) who are prepared to go and fight the giants of evil in the Name of the Lord. What they ... Read more

"THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS". Here Jeremiah gives one of the names of Jehovah who was to be Saviour of Israel and of the world. Jehovah - Tsidkenu, the Lord our Righteousness. Israel was not to be saved by her godliness - rather her departure from the Lord was to prepare for the Redeemer who would ... Read more

"Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made". Any woman devoted to her family can find a lot in the home to distract her from personal prayer and meditation. Sitting at the feet of Jesus and learning from Him is something that must be included in every true disciple's daily timetable. ... Read more

"The people of Nineveh believed God's message". This was the turning point in the salvation of Nineveh - the fact they believed God's message about impending destruction. The evidence of their belief was that they repented - from the least to the greatest - taking off their regular garments and wearing sackcloth. And God who ... Read more

"Whatever your hand finds to do". We need to be looking for gainful employment. No waiting around hoping something will fall into our lap. And everyone born anew by the Spirit should ask "What is there for me to do?" One thing is certain, there must be something. God did not call you out of ... Read more

"Be happy and glad". Christ's desire for His followers is that they should be happy and glad. The cause and quality of this happiness is different from that of the world. Many things in this world make a person happy, yet it is limited and transient. The followers of Jesus risk insult, persecution and evil ... Read more

"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me". God knows everything about everybody: nothing is hidden from Him. Every hair on your head is numbered. It is not just detail but knowledge of all that is past, present and yet to happen. God does not predict the future He determines and sets it. Greater still is ... Read more

"they spoke the word of the Lord to him". The meal the apostles had with the jailor and his family after their release from prison was not the most important thing. The jailor bathed the apostles' wounds and necessary though this was, it was not what mattered most. Most important was that they ministered the ... Read more

"he sent them into his vineyard". This world can be likened to the Lord's vineyard. We have not been placed here to dream out our lives in idleness or luxury. We have to dig the soil and sow the seed, be it in time or dedication or sacrifice, if we are to reap an eternal ... Read more

"I will feed them in a good pasture". Sheep of the Great Shepherd are assured of the very best if they will feed where the Lord leads them. Such provision is made irrespective of the distance they had wandered or what persuasion was needed to bring them back. Punishment does not extend to deprivation of ... Read more

"fruitful in every good work". Jesus told His disciples He had chosen and ordained them that they might bring forth fruit. The Apostle Paul's prayer was that fruitfulness should extend to all the good we do. It is God's pleasure to give a measure of fruitfulness in every department of a Christian's life and service. ... Read more

"you have kept the good wine until now". These words spoken by the master of the wedding feast accurately describe the experience of every disciple who walks close beside His Lord. For the Christian, today must be the best yet, though we are assured that better still is yet to come. Use all past experience ... Read more

"But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord". David no doubt thought he had sewn up the matter. The whole thing was over as far as he was concerned. The incident makes a sorry picture of failure and intrigue. Nobody acted honourably except Uriah and he lost his life as a result. David ... Read more

"The Lord is righteous in all his ways". Recognising this truth enables us to accept and thank Him for all He sends and the way He leads. We cannot see far ahead. We need either consciously, as in the case of a believer, or unconsciously in the case of those who do not know the ... Read more

"Enter by the narrow gate". Those seeking the way into the kingdom of heaven make a big mistake when they look for massive pearly gates. These are reserved to hang at the entrances to the New Jerusalem. It is a small gate, easily missed, you should be looking for. Jesus said, 'Few there be that ... Read more

"Set your house in order". It is surprising how quickly things get untidy and out of place. The more there is going on, the more one needs to ensure that things are in order. Hezekiah was told to set his house in order because the time had come for him to vacate his 'temple of ... Read more

"they marvelled at his answer". Elsewhere we read that the common people heard Jesus gladly. This contrasted with the leaders of the Jews who criticised and found fault. While the unbeliever finds fault, those who believe should increasingly marvel at the wonder found in Jesus. So it is not primarily what others think, but what ... Read more

"the son of Pharaoh's daughter". It would have been all so easy. Still in contact with his mother who had been deputed to be his nurse, but brought up in Pharaoh's palace, Moses had been rescued by Pharaoh's daughter from his cot hidden in the bulrushes when he ought to have been slain along with ... Read more

"shall be saved". Call upon the name of the Lord - in faith, of course, otherwise it is not a sincere call - and you will be saved. It is a present hope of a future salvation - saved from the wrath to come - and a present experience of sin forgiven. No longer condemned ... Read more

"And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went". King David's life was a busy one. In an age that in many respects is far removed from ours, he busied himself about the Lord's business. Yet in his energetic campaigns to subdue his enemies he did not lose the blessing of communion with the Lord. The ... Read more

"Your word, Lord, is eternal". God's Word is eternal - not the pages of the Bible, but the revealed counsel and plan of God found in the Bible and conveyed to us by the Spirit of God. Those who will not accept what they cannot see are devoid of faith and miss God's blessing in ... Read more

"treasure hid". The kingdom of heaven is like hidden treasure because men are meeting it every day, yet do not know it. There are some who appreciate something of the wonder heaven must hold yet do not know where to begin looking for it. From others it is hidden by what seems like scales over ... Read more

"The Lord was ready to save me". Hezekiah had let his life get into a mess. Perhaps not so noticeable on the outside, but enough for God to give him notice to put things in order. For this reason Hezekiah called on God to save him. The Lord mercifully did so, with the result that ... Read more

"rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you". There is great strength and blessing in recognising what the Lord has done for you. Moses was instructed by God to bring this truth before the Children of Israel and to rejoice is what God's Word would have us do in ... Read more

"And this is eternal life". Man has been created with both the desire and propensity to live. Most people do not want to die. Man knows he must die, but he thinks about that as little as he can! This zest for living displays itself in a number of ways. One aspect is the way ... Read more