(A Christian version of the well known poem by Rudyard Kipling) If you can follow Christ when all around youAre following themselves and their desireIf you can trust the Shepherd who has found youAnd walks with you through every flood and fireIf you can act with grace...
Encouragement
“Encourage one another daily” (Hebrews 3:13)
Encouragement
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
(Hebrews 10:23-25)
The Two Tables of the Law
It has become customary to think that when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, one of the stone tablets contained the first four, and the other, the remaining six. Why? Because the first four commandments concern our relationship with God, and the remaining six our...
Hold on to Christ
Hold on to ChristFor when the worldMay blissful beAnd full ofOpportunityRemember inThat ecstasyYour eager handHas hold of HimWho made it Hold on to ChristFor when the warIs waging longThe enemyEngaging, strongAnd seems the stormIs raging onYour fearful handHas hold of...
Clarity and Clutter
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these...
He Spoke
He did not use sophisticated words;He spoke simple words that were profound. He did not have to persuade the disciples;He spoke, and they followed Him. He did not perform on a stage in front of a cheering crowd;He spoke, and the multitude gathered around Him. He did...
This Dark Hour
I love musicals. I was delighted when the film, The Prince of Egypt, was adapted recently to a live musical in London's West End, though I doubt I will ever get to see it. The film tells the story of Moses and the deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt. I am...
My light and my salvation
(Encouragement from Psalm 27) The LORD is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?The LORD is the strength of my life;Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1) We have light in order to see, not the light itself, but everything else in that light. The Lord banishes...
Rules and Relationship – A Letter
Dear Jess, Thank you for your long and very welcome letter - I found it so full of interest, particularly the description of your recent, rather harrowing, experience. It doesn't matter that you don't know why this happened to you - there will be fruit out of it...
Looking in the mirror
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgement you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." (Matthew 7:1-2) We see faults in others long before we see them in ourselves. We judge others more harshly than...