Devotional 23rd March
When the compass was discovered, sailors thought their navigation problems were solved, until they found that the magnetic North Pole was not the same as the true North Pole and they had to make adjustments. Not long ago they found that the magnetic North Pole was moving all the time and has wandered all…
Devotional 16th March
What Are You Waiting For? We wait for everything. For the washing to finish. For our husbands to get home. For the phone to ring. For the baby to wake. For the mail to come. For a car to pull up, returning our child safely home. For a job. For answers to prayer. With…
Devotional 9th March
TRUE LOVE We refer to love in many ways. If you drove a Fiat you were said to be “having an Italian love affair!” We love our pets, love cooking, love watching our favourite sports team or TV shows. That’s fine, but is that true love. Our love is usually based on expectancy .We love…
Devotional 2nd March
I enjoy nature and giving praise to its Creator. I remember that Jesus used nature as a teaching tool, to encourage people not to worry. He used simple wildflowers as an example: “Consider the lilies”. His conclusion: “If God clothes something temporary in such glory, He will surely do much more for us”. (Matt. 6:28-34). Other…
Devotional 16th February
Nehemiah must have prayed long and hard before he approached the king with an unusual request; to be authorised to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah had been most upset on hearing of the state of the city, and took it to God in prayer. He realised, as the king’s wine steward, he would have…
Devotional 9th February
TO GOD BE THE GLORY 2 Samuel 6:5, 14-15 ESV): ” And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. And David danced before the LORD with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. So David…
Devotional 2nd February
THE COURAGE TO LAUNCH OUT In Deuteronomy 32:7-12 Moses speaks of the Mother eagle teaching her chicks to fly. She actually stirs up the nest and pushes the young birds out and they are forced to exercise their wings and fly. We can become like the young eaglets. So safe and secure in our…
Devotional 15th December
Getting desperate for God. I read a book a while back on prison life in Colditz Castle, the infamous German run prison for Allied officers in the last war. It was at Colditz that a group of prisoners actually constructed, in great secrecy, a glider to use to escape over the castle walls. These men hungered…
Devotional 8th December
Eight Habits of Love. According to Ed Bacon (2012), genuine love should be nurtured by consciously developing eight habits. When you are planning a new years’ resolution, you may like to aim for some of these habits in 2014. The first three habits we can work quietly on when we are alone: Stillness, Truth Forgiveness…
Devotional 24th November
Struggle to Strength We all struggle in our daily lives – whether it is trying to make ends meet, or we may have family, relationship, work or health problems. At times, we may even wonder if we will have the strength to carry on. However, when we find others far worse off than us, our…