One Day At A Time

Mark spoke this morning about the petition in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-13), ‘give us today our daily bread.’ This is not only a prayer for daily provision of food; it encompasses everything which God provides for us. In Matt 4:4, Jesus has...

Silence

Are you the strong, silent type or a chattering conversationalist? Do you like to be surrounded by noise, even background noise, or are you comfortable with silence? These questions are often answered differently depending on our personality type, but it can certainly...

Whiter Than Snow

The washing powder adverts proclaim that their detergents wash whiter than all the others; Persil Automatic washes whiter than the others  [(Persil automatic advert 1978) &  (Persil automatic advert 1982)]; Daz Ultra gets clothes ‘ultra white.’ It’s not just...

Repentance

The penitential psalms focus on the need for our repentance in approaching a holy God. So often, we like to rush in to the blessings found in following God, but without a true understanding of the enormity of sin, we will likely have a shallow understanding of the...

Holy Distress

Most of us don’t like distress, don’t like being in pain and would do virtually anything to avoid misery, suffering and anguish. We don’t even like talking about such things, preferring sermons which paint a radiant picture of love, joy and peace so that we do not...