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‘God sent the angel Gabriel to…Mary.’ Luke 1.26-27 We live in a different culture from that of the Bible times, but it can still bring us...

“For my eyes have seen your salvation” Luke 2.30 There is a beautiful moment in Luke’s Gospel when Simeon sees the baby Jesus. He had...

‘He was waiting for the consolation of Israel’ Luke 2.25 These words were used to describe a godly and devout man named Simeon, who had...

‘…the rock in whom I take refuge.’ Psalm 94.22 This description of God as a rock is so reassuring. One of the uses of a rock is to be...

‘What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord’ Philippians 3.8 This is...

‘For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.’ Psalm 143.11 It really is an act of...

‘Keep yourselves in God’s love…’ Jude 21 The challenge in this verse is also encouraging: Jude is telling us never to lose sight of the...

‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding’ Proverbs 3.5 This verse sounds like good advice, but the...

As an English phrase, this doesn’t really mean much. However, the original Hebrew word, which is translated ‘glory’, carries a number of...

‘The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life’ Proverbs 10.11 When we talk to people, especially if they are in particular need, we...

‘Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord”’ 1 Samuel 2.1 Hannah had been crying out to the Lord for a child, and when...

“… do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him” 2 Chronicles 29.11 One of the tensions we...

‘… his kingdom will never end.’ Luke 1.33 When Mary was told she was going to become the mother of Jesus, she was given this amazing...

‘The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.’ Psalm 145.8 Whenever we turn to God in prayer, there is often...

‘… if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.’ 2 Timothy 2.13 If someone fails us or lets us down...

‘Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God’ John 1.12 Calling God...

‘And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”’ Isaiah 6.3 This...

Holiness can have quite a negative feel to it! It can imply giving up everything you think of as fun, going around with a long face while...

Surely this psalm isn’t saying that we are meant to simply sit and wait for God to provide us with food? What it does say is that if...

‘Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no-one condemned you?” “No-one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I...