So often when we pray, we do so bringing a list of problems to God. It can be very easy to feel overwhelmed by circumstances, as Jehoshaphat was when faced with attack from the Moabites, Ammonites and Meunites (2 Chron 20:1), and there's nothing wrong with being...

1 Cor 13 gives us God's measurements of love. How are we measuring up? Love is patient. (1 Cor 13:4) It waits. It is not in a hurry. It doesn't flounce off when things don't happen to our timescales or give up when things are slow. I think there's a reason God made a...

Yesterday, I managed to cut my finger. I still don't know how I actually did this, but I suddenly became aware of pain, looked down and found blood oozing from a long cut that looked like I'd sliced the finger on something sharp. The Bible describes itself as being...