Dec2020
God’s patience
by Pastor Mark Lieschke
‘Leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilise it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down’ (Luke 13:8,9).
Dec2020
New beginnings
by Pastor Mark Lieschke
‘For I am God, and not man – the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath’ (Hosea 11:9).
Dec2020
Good looking
by Pastor Mark Lieschke
‘The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins’ (Isaiah 51:3).
Dec2020
God’s saving power in weakness
by Pastor Mark Lieschke
‘She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months’ (Exodus 2:2).
Dec2020
Heartache and hope
by Pastor Mark Lieschke
‘This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against’ (Luke 2:34b).
Dec2020
Let them praise!
by Marlene Cooper
‘He has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart’ (Psalm 148:14).