As we continue our mediations in the Book of Philippians I am challenged by chapter 1:21 FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN  NKJV ALIVE I AM CHRIST’S MESSENGER; DEAD I AM HIS BOUNTY,  LIFE VERSES EVEN MORE LIFE! I CAN’T LOSE. MESSAGE When you are young you are invincible and never think about death and dying, but you get to […]

Some of the retired men in our church meet twice a month for coffee and fellowship, and I have the privilege of sharing a short devotion with them. Today I shared from 2 Cor. 3:3 YOU ARE OUR EPISTLE WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS, KNOWN AND READ BY ALL MEN. NKJV YOU YOURSELVES ARE  ALL THE ENDORSEMENT WE NEED, YOUR VERY LIVES ARE A LETTER THAT […]

As a result of  receiving a particular email this week I began to think about some specific people who have influenced my life for good.  Most will be aware I am the product of an alcoholic home, there were no Christian influences there or in my wider family. I do remember the mother of a school/street  mate who was a gracious lovely woman, she was […]

I wrote a blog last Friday from Phil.1:1 regarding local church leadership and suggested that we see the Biblical pattern in this verse, and thus if we want God’s blessing upon our churches we need “to build according to the pattern”. In the Old Testament when this principle was introduced the result was when the  children of Israel obeyed, and “built according to the pattern” […]

I am asking this question as there are significant things happening at this time. It is 500 years this year since Martin Luther nailed his theses to the church door at Wittenburg. It is now 50 years (last week) when the re-unification of Jerusalem took place. Last week we celebrated Pentecost (50) in our churches. Numbers seem to be important in the Bible, but like every aspect of truth […]