By Not Known How do you prepare for a meeting with an important person? Our preparations tend to increase as the other person’s importance rises. How do we prepare to meet with God? We meet with God in settigns such as a personal and family devotion and Sunday services Ofter, we give almost no thought…
By Not Known We know how times have changed and so have teenagers. Back when today’s adults were growing up, the church tradition involved recitation of Christian creeds during weekly worship services. The entire congregation participated, old and young. Whether as young people then understood the significance of those repeated words or not; whether we…
By Not Known A devotional calendar page reads – God’s will for my life is not a neat box on the path, but the path itself – a pilgrimage to be discovered by trust and obedience. Simple words, yet words that resonate both human potential and pain. Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God,…
By Not Known This is the time of the year when we often express a need for “new beginnings”. However, “new beginnings” that are genuine must lead us to a new way of thinking and looking at things. For us, these must begin from within us and occur with the help of God’s Spirit. This…
By Not Known It was lunchtime. Jesus’ disciples had left him to go and get food. Meanwhile, he spoke about spiritual matters with a woman who had a colourful past and who seemed to have now become his follower. Then the disciples returned with food. Their amazement about his conversation with the woman soon turned…
By Not Known As the year ends, this is a good time to prayerfully look back. This has been a tough year for our nation. Continuing economic difficulties, SARS and a troubled regional environment have all taken their toll on national confidence, our sense of safety and our economic well-being. Yet, we end the year…
By Not Known What shall we give to the Lord in return for his gifts? For us he became human and, on account of our corrupted nature the Word became flash and dwelt in our midst. He was the benefactor to those who were ungrateful, the liberator to those in bondage and the sun of…
By Not Known The Bible says that God has given us every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph. 1: 3). In particular, we are adopted as God’s sons and daughters through Jesus and have redemption in his blood. As Eph. 1: 5- 6 tells us: he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus…
By Not Known Christ came at Christmas time because God’s response to human sin was to save rather than to judge (Jn 3:17). This is a remarkable love and it is totally undeserved. However, the love of God GOES further than his choice to save and to send Jesus as Saviour. God also chose whom…
By Not Known Consider this story: A man started a business, which, in time, he entrusted to others to run for him. These people turned against him and refused to pay any attention to him or to give him the loyalty he expected. He sent some representatives to meet with them and warn them. But…