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What is interesting about this statement is that it is set within the context of a story about healing. Jesus was in a synagogue on the...

There is something very beautiful about this invita­tion from King Hezekiah to his people, who had wandered away from God. He was saying...

All too often we compare ourselves to others and either feel completely second class or end up looking for their hidden faults to try to...

This statement by Jesus can be translated in two ways. Some translations state that the kingdom of God is ‘among you’, or ‘in your...

Let’s look at just six words from this statement by Jesus: ‘true worshippers will worship the Father’. These few succinct words prompt...

As we look ahead to what the next 24 hours hold for us, a good prayer is that God would use us. The trouble is we often feel that God...

This verse, which is about the way we approach God, says something very powerful. It tells us that prayer doesn’t begin with us. It...

God does indeed reign – he is an active and powerful king, with a mission to change the injustice under which so many live. Yet rather...

To say that the Lord reigns is to acknowledge that everything that goes on in this world and in our lives is happening within God’s...

The implication of this verse is that we have been entrusted with a reservoir of God’s grace and have a choice whether or not to open it....

‘I want you to know GOD, not go to more prayer meetings.’ (The Message) What do you have to do to get healed? It’s a serious question....

Sometimes it is easy and natural to give thanks but at other times, especially when we are surrounded by trying circumstances or if we...

The idea of praying for even a relatively short period of time can fill some people with a sense of bewilderment, so it may feel daunting...

‘Be joyful always . . . for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.’ 1 Thessalonians 5.16-18 It’s natural for Christians to want to...

Strength is usually some­thing that we measure in terms of our own personal ability – how much weight we can lift or how far we can run....

It is often said that ‘peace’ in a Christian context is not about the absence of hard times or situations of conflict, but rather is the...

Instructions in the Old Testament about the priests’ vestments are not usually what we would turn to for inspiration! This verse,...

If you think about it, this is rather a strange prayer! If God’s love for us is unfailing, constant and ever faithful – why does it have...

Yesterday, we looked at this verse from the perspective of the question God asks us when we turn away from him, and how our return to God...

The third chapter in the Bible, Genesis 3, recalls the account of the fall – a tragic picture of mankind’s decision to make its own...