A Friend‘s Encouragement

Only Jesus

Religious symbols, holy things, holy places.  Can they save us?

Christ, who is our life

The apostle Paul asks us to do some strange things...

The God of my righteousness

Psalm 4 speaks of the God we are so privileged to know.  Does familiarity with His goodness rob us of wonder?

Peace that surpasses all understanding

The apostle Paul speaks about peace, even using his own life as an example to follow in order to know the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Presented faultless

Paul speaks of believers that were once alienated from God being presented to Him and faultless is His sight.  Can we all expect this?

Go to the ant

Proverbs 6 has some advice for us.  Go to the and and learn from what God has taught it.

A perpetual fire

The Lord's command to the priests in Leviticus was that the fire on the altar was never to go out. Why?

Psalm 1 - an antidote for fear

Psalm 1 is a simple and yet profound psalm that shows us the way forward in a troubled world.

Reflections on the CMS Summer School

Eunice and Christine share their reflections on the 2022 CMS Summer School

Teach us to number our days

Psalm 90:12 is a doorway to a whole new approach to our life on earth.

Encourage one another

We can all do something.  None of us is useless.

God is faithful

The Book of Judges exposes Israel's sin at that time, but also God's faithfulness.

Salvation belongs to the Lord

Faith , hope and love.  All important, love above all.  But hope matters too and we need to have a strong and abiding hope.

Encouragement in the familiar

Most of us are familiar with Ephesians 1.  Yet there always seems to be more when we look closer.

The Lord takes pleasure in His people

Psalm 149:4 gives us something to ponder, and a prayer to pray.

Can we serve the Lord only because of who He is?

Satan asked of God, "Does Job serve God for nothing?"  That challenges us profoundly. 

The Promise

God gave Abraham a great promise.  What has that got to do with us, and how we live, day by day?

The baptism of John

When the Lord Jesus' authority was challenged, He made a point of turning the attention of His questioners to John the Baptist.  Why?

Weeding the garden...

A field neglected will yield no good harvest.

Keep your heart...

How can we prepare for those things that might befall us in the year ahead?