February 12, 2018 "H ebron became the inheritance of Caleb, because that he wholly followed the Lord.".. . Joshua 14:14 "We are well able to overcome" is the declaration of the man whose confidence is totally in the Lord. He knows God's promises are trustworthy and that, because God is with His people, victory over the enemy is assured. Do you beli...

February 4 2018 "Concerning the work of my hands, command ye me." ....Isaiah 45:11 In the here and now in present time, God is not free. He does not move His children about like robotic pawns on a chess board but has instead limited Himself to their free will. Wittingly He has done this, knowing what it will bring Him in the end. In eternity past G...

                                                                    25th December 2017 "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his sh...

"He saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee .... Worship God." Revelation 19:10 What had happened here in Revelations 19:10? Had John lost his head, that he should try to worship an angel? Well, he may well have lost his head, but what is quite certain is that he had been carried away in his heart. There are those who hav...

                                                                                 November 10 2013   "Put on the whole armour of God, that yo...

"They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces shall never be confounded." ....Psalm 34:5 We need to guard against being over-anxious about the subjective side of spiritual experience and so becoming turned in on ourselves. May I illustrate this from the electric light? You are in a room and it's growing dark. You would like to have the...

  "A friend of publicans and sinners." ....Luke 7:34 Watchman Nee: 'Since I first saw Jesus the Saviour as the friend of sinners, I have seen many unusual and difficult people brought to Him. I remember once a young woman came and attacked me, saying that she did not want to be saved. She said she was young and intended to have a good time and...

"He is not ashamed to call them brethren." ...Hebrews 2:11 In the beginning of the fourth gospel, the Evangelist describes Jesus as, "The only begotten Son from the Father." At the end of the same book the risen Lord says to Mary Magdalene, "Go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and unto your Father" (John 20:17). Previously...

 August 28, 2017 "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind" ....Romans 12:2 "Be renewed in the spirit of your mind" ...Ephesians 4:23 For us to have our intellects renewed we must draw near to the cross. This is plainly called for in Ephesians 4. The Apostle Paul describes the darkness of man's carnal mentality in verses 17 and 18, but in v...

August 21, 2017 "Seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do." .....1 Samuel 10:8 Saul was tested on two points: faith and obedience. In a critical situation in Chapter 13 the question was, would his faith allow him to wait for God or would he act out of his own intellectual logic? If you are driven into a cor...