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One of the most noticeable points in this statement is the fact that the kingdom of God is good news. So often the message portrayed by...

In some situations, you have probably found yourself longing for the right words to say. It might have been as you tried to share your...

The English Standard Version of the Bible replaces the phrase ‘whose mind is steadfast’ with ‘whose mind is stayed on you’. The sense is...

If only we knew! This seems to be the sense behind what Jesus said to the woman he met at the well. She would probably have asked for a...

Elisha’s servant had a moment of panic: they were in a fix! He and his master woke up one morning to discover that the town was...

Seeking to live a life worthy of our calling, and yet resting in the presence of Jesus who is revealed as the perfecter of our faith,...

A humbling truth about our faith is that however much you feel you have searched for Jesus, the reality is he has been searching for you...

The focus of this verse is the person of Jesus – but who is he? It’s very easy to build up a selective picture of him. If only one story...

The people in the Gospel accounts could see and touch Jesus, but since he no longer exists in the physical realm this is a rather strange...

Yesterday, we looked at one way of keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus. Another idea is to choose a phrase, prayer or Bible verse and focus...

The word ‘fix’ implies that we must keep looking at Jesus and never take our eyes off him. The trouble is that most of us are not called...

One of the most exciting invitations in the New Testament is to fix our eyes on Jesus, and we will explore this in more depth over the...

The Living Bible translates this verse beautifully, speaking of those ‘who expect him to be loving and kind’. It’s about us having a...

We have no idea what Ananias was planning to do that day, but what he ended up doing was probably beyond his wildest dreams. He went to...

At the beginning of his letter to the Thessalonians, Paul laid out what it was about his friends that really impressed him, and the words...

It is easy to gloss over this amazing statement instead of giving it the consideration it deserves. We probably have little trouble...

In a way, this verse is all about voices and our choice over which voice to listen to. When something unsettling happens – perhaps...

Interestingly, these words were spoken by the guards who had just been sent to arrest Jesus, but they were so struck by what he said that...

Paul uses these words to describe Timothy, but they also describe all of us as we go about our Christian lives. Your faith is not simply...

The background to this verse is that the people had just started to focus on the work of rebuilding the walls of the temple when they met...