A Friend‘s Encouragement

A well ordered life

The Lord Jesus lived a well ordered life.  Is that the sort of life we can also live?

Known and Understood

Do you have a representative in Heaven who knows you and understands you?

Are you safe?

How do you feel?  Are you safe?  Are you well cared for?

What sort of man was Philemon

Paul found in Philemon a dear brother who refreshed him.

Psalm 13

David experienced those times of emptiness that we all experience from time to time.

Zealous for good works

Israel was called to obedience to the Law they had received.  What about us?  To what obedience are we called?

The Drink Offering

Paul had a unique view of his impending death, one shared by few others.  /What an example of a man set apart to God!

The Bread of Life

The Scripture is the means to an end, not an end it itself.  There is one Person who alone can meet all our need and carry us through this world to a glorious end.

Being like Christ

Our idea of what is encouraging may be different from the encouragement we find in many parts of the Scripture.

Share in the suffering

Paul invites Timothy to share with him in the suffering for the gospel.  A strange invitation?

How small we are!

David in Psalm 8 wonders at how small we are.  Yes, but that is not what counts.

Power, Love and a Sound Mind

Do you feel well equipped for what is set before you?

A Sabbath by grace

The Sabbath is in the Old Testament and grace is in the New Testamanet.  Any relationship?

The Golden Rule

The Lord in a few words guides us into a life that is a blessing to many.

The purpose of the commandment

Paul is quite clear about why he teaches and preaches the Word of God.

May the Lord direct your heart...

Paul expresses his heart for the believers in Thessalonica in two blessed statements

God is Light

The apostle John has something to say to us all.

Fresh and New

The church in Thessalonica is new and its freshness teaches us how we can live in the victory that they seemed to know.

Appointed to trouble

Paul encourages the believers in Thessalonica in a manner that we might consider strange.

Seasoned with salt

We are called to a life so very different from that from which we have been redeemed.