Devotional 22nd June
Judgment Seat of Christ Last week’s bulletin reminded us that we, as Christians, will all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ (2 Cor 5:10). Murray’s closing prayer reminded us that we need to examine ourselves. We will all be examined but not judged. Christ will examine our works for Him. It will be a…
Devotional 15th June
Missionaries come in many differing shapes and sizes and they can serve for a brief period of time, for years or a lifetime. Paul the apostle considered himself to be as one of ill-timed birth and the least of apostles, yet he shaped the gentile church and wrote the majority of the New Testament. Missionaries…
Devotional 25th May
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me (Matt.16:24 NIV). With these words, Jesus made it clear that being a follower of Christ involves self-denial. While it is true that all Christians must deny themselves to some extent, those…
Devotional 18th May
The words “Self Denial” are denying ones self. We often think we are perhaps missing out because we don’t have the latest clothes, appliances, overseas holidays etc. Yet when we think of our missionaries they know that for them, things we think of as necessities are not priorities. For the Kingdom’s sake they endure…
Devotional 11th May
Prayer and Self-Denial Appeal Today marks the start of the annual Prayer and Self-denial Appeal, run by tranzsend every year to promote the practice of prayer and practical support for the work of mission. Have you ever considered some of the things missionaries deny themselves by going out into the mission field? The things they…
Devotional 4th May
I often ask people to write for the devotional on this page and we only require 220 to 230 words. I know many find this limitation difficult. This year as I was reading Mathew I noticed something for the first time. As I was reading about the temptation of Christ (Matt 4:1-11), I noticed how…
Devotional 27th April
Psalm 8 “O Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth” I found the visit to the astronomical observatory a few weeks ago very amazing. To look at the largest planet in our solar system through such a large telescope and still hardly be able to see it was incredible. To think that…
Devotional 20th April
He is not here for He has risen…—Matthew 28:6 Only a week had passed since that triumphant Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem—but what a difference in the little procession that set out now! No cheering crowds, no waving branches. Just a few silent women setting out in the grey dawn to perform the last rites…
Devotional 13th April
Among the wonders of Jamaica is a body of water called Luminous Lagoon. By day, it is a nondescript bay on the country’s northern coast. By night, it is a marvel of nature. If you visit there after dark, you notice that the water is filled with millions of phosphorescent organisms. Whenever there is…
Devotional 30th March
The most important question of the twenty-first century is: Why did Jesus Christ come and die? The ultimate answer to the question, Who killed Jesus? is: God did. It is a staggering thought. Jesus was his Son! But the whole message of the Bible leads to this conclusion. The prophet Isaiah, centuries before Christ, said:…