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...

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” (NIV) We are weak as much as we do not like to admit it.  There are occasions where we have given into temptation dispite knowing we am doing wrong.  Often its because we have been convinced...

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...

My good friend Jenny once said, “becoming a Christian takes the joy out of sin”.  A simple statement but how right she is!  Whenever I have felt as if I have become shrouded in darkness, cut off from the grace of God, and unable to grow spiritualy in the Lord. Just as a plant can not grow...

I haven’t yet read the devotional but I wanted to note down my first thoughts about this before I carried on. The passage talks about loving your wife as Christ loves the Church. It’s a great reminder of how we should honour, respect and cherish our wives. Marriage isn’t something...

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...

To Vindicate… first of all this morning I had no idea what on earth that mean which made this reading a little tough going. So I cracked open the Cambridge: Vindication: 1 to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong | 2 to prove that someone...

Often when there is a situation I am struggling to cope with, and or have run out of ideas on how to proceed, I often still forget to submit it to prayer.  We have an awesome living God whom is with us every second of every day and night, so me shouldn’t try “going it alone” all 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...

I got quite excited when I read this.  The devotional today focuses on how it is comforting it can be to have a Christian Brother of Sister with us during times of trouble who will love and support us.  The same applies to a close family member whom would do the same.  This is inspired by the verse: Revelation...