Oct2017
Prayer with friends a real blessing
by LCA Communications
Time to pray with and for new and long-time friends was a real blessing for participants at the recent LCA Lay Worker Conference.
Oct2017
Touch can heal
They came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him. Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. After spitting on the man’s eyes, Jesus placed his hands on him and asked him, ‘Can you see anything?’ The man… Read more
Oct2017
A balanced diet
‘How much bread have you got?’ Jesus asked ‘Seven loaves’, they answered. He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, gave thanks to God broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the crowd; and the disciples did so. They also had a few… Read more
Oct2017
Contented puppies
A woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit in her, heard about Jesus and came to him at once and fell at his feet. The woman was a Gentile, born in the region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. But Jesus answered, ‘Let us first feed… Read more
Oct2017
God never gives up
‘Last of all he sent his son to them. “Surely they will respect my son,” he said. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, “This is the owner’s son. Come on, let’s kill him, and we will get his property!” So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and… Read more
Oct2017
God of the past
You brought a grapevine out of Egypt; you drove out other nations and planted it in their land. You cleared a place for it to grow; its roots went deep, and it spread out over the whole land. (verses 8,9) Read Psalm 80:7-15 In my student days I studied history at university. I… Read more