For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it (Matthew 16:25).
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Banishing bitterness
May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge (Ruth 2:12b).
He disciplines those he loves
His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” (verse 6a) Read 1 Kings 1:5-31 Some time after Absalom’s revolt and death, the second… Read more
Fools, or most secure?
And as for us – why would we run the risk of danger every hour? My friends, I face death every day! The pride I have in you, in our… Read more
Forgiveness that frees
Jesus stood up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ (John 8:10).
Heartache and hope
‘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).
Come, Lord Jesus, come!
While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we… Read more
Choosing disciples
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last (John 15:16b).
Fed by the Lord
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there shall be none (Exodus 16:26).
Oh, what a family!
‘Yes’, Jesus said to them, ‘and I tell you that those who leave home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property for me and for… Read more