Blessings! Blessings! God “has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 1: 3 When I returned to this verse a few weeks ago, something was different. I couldn’t bring myself to move on. Day after day I went back to it. Since then I have been trying to grasp it in its fullness (which is perhaps impossible), to see what it means to me, and what application it has for my life. Through the Holy Spirit we can both unde

It Never Fails This passage from 1 Corinthians chapter 13 speaks volumes and doesn’t require any additional comments from me. If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am only like sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but I do not have love; I am NOTHING…… If I give all I possess to the poor, and surrender my body t

Who We Are “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood….His own special people…” 1Peter 2:9 When is the last time you thought of yourself as being “chosen”, “royal” or “special”? Perhaps never? And if we do not see ourselves as chosen, royal or special in God’s eyes, then we are not living the life that God intends for us. But God has not only intended this kind of life, He has already given it to us. Here we can’t rationalize, we are simply asked to believe it, and

Continue……… “Continue in my love” John 15:9 It is in John’s Gospel that we read some of the most beautiful last words of Christ to His disciples. Jesus had just been telling them about His deep love for them: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.” – Indescribable, unimaginable love! Perhaps even surprising. Then Jesus tells them to continue in that love. Many of the New Testament writers also repeatedly urged Christians to “continue…” St. Paul writing to the Colos

I Am Yours “My soul has kept Thy commandments; and I love them exceedingly.” Psalm119:167 Today completes our meditation on this psalm. Although we have merely scratched the surface, there is still a lot that we learnt from it. After much study and practice of the Word, the psalmist expresses his love of it, his commitment, his new life through the Word and his enrichment through it. Love of the Word is uppermost in his mind and he re