Psalm 116:12 – How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me? (NIV)Forty years ago today, I tried to take my own life by overdosing myself with the tranquilizers that I was taking. I was eighteen years old, very selfish and self-centred. I wanted to end my life...
"And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people." Exodus 13:22 NLTShe has some age on her, so I call her sometimey.I love SUVs, so when we bought a new car I decided to keep driving the one my wife and I had...
Matthew 4:16 “The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”When I first became a minister, I worked for a while in an ophthalmic ward as its part-time chaplain. All the patients in it...
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."The absurdity of idolatry is clearly expressed in Isaiah 44. The image is of people working hard in their daily lives and using up...
Isaiah 65:23 "They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them."Teachers are amongst the most undervalued professional people in our society. They devote themselves to...
Matthew 11:29-30 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”The secret to surviving Christmas? Keep it simple!I don’t know about you, but I worry...
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.Yesterday I was reading about two pastors and their wives who were arrested in Iran about 9...