Over the past few months I have discovered the importance of “Starting Right”.  What do I mean?  Well as they say Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I believe that the beginning of the day is also the most important time to spend time with the Lord.  By not skipping your...

Today’s Our Daily Bread, reminds me not only that I am completely gutted I am not running the London Marathon this year, but also of how important encouragement has been to me throughout any of my marathons.  It is strange that even when you are at that dreaded mile 20 – 22, and your legs...

Interesting that the Our Daily Bread reading for today, concentrates on a modern day world of sheer information overload.  We are surrounded by all sorts of technology, and marketing material that bombards us daily with images, and information on how we should live our lives, how we should look, how...

1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (NIV) Just as we inherit characteristics in how we look (and possibly act) from our parents and family, when we become children...

Who is God? A question that to which you may get many different answers. A close friend of mine things God is a guy in the clouds with a white beard who throws thunderbolts down from heaven and makes rules for us all to follow. His idea of God sounds much like the god Zeus from Greek mythology, and...

31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’ (NIV) The Lord has plans for our lives.  What an exciting thought.  Be it something small that will still have impact or be it something that takes up many years, there are still plans that the Lord...

1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 (NIV) When things go wrong who do we turn to?  In the past friends could have let us down, our work and colleagues could have let us down, even people at church.  When people attack us, again who do we turn to?  In lifes...

A short while ago Stuart led a discussion on Obedience at our Lifegroup. One of the passages was this very passage about Ananias and Sapphira, who sell their land to give the money to the church, and yet they secretly try to keep back some of the money for themselves. The result of their actions is...

What a wonderful reminder to keep our sights set on that which is good!  Let me explain!  To live as a follower of Jesus, he has made the desire of my heart to follow him.  Most of the time, my own selfish desires try and invade that space and there is usually some sort of battle going on there! The...

I haven’t yet read the devotional section after reading this passage, but want to record my initial thoughts before I do. Some sections that jumped out at me today were the mention of people doing things for others to see, and to get attention and praise from others, even without necessarily raising...