Turning hard things into glory

by | Feb 7, 2016 | What's Happening

William Barclay said, “Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.” Ps 129 reminds us that though oppression and suffering come into our lives, God is able to make all grace abound to us at all times: ‘And God is able...

Psalm 129

by | Feb 7, 2016 | What's Happening

Psalm 129 is a psalm which talks of tough times and tough faith (mentioning oppression, persecution and difficulties), but which also reminds us of God’s righteousness and the way He develops perseverance in us. Christians are not exempt from life’s...

Darkness

by | Feb 3, 2016 | What's Happening

‘God is light; in Him, there is no darkness at all,’ we read in 1 John 1:5, but for many people, darkness is a very present reality. The ‘dark night of the soul’ is not something we like to talk about, but I have been reading through the book...

Relax!

by | Feb 1, 2016 | What's Happening

Those of us of a certain age may well remember the Cadbury’s Caramel advert which featured a rather seductive female bunny who urged the vigorous, hard-working beaver to ‘take it easy with Cadbury’s Caramel.’ I don’t think God looks...