Oct2018
Still blessed, and still a blessing
After Lot had left, the LORD said to Abram; ‘From where you are, look carefully in all directions. I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever. I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them… Read more
Oct2018
Blessed to be a blessing
The LORD said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s home, and go to a land that I am going to show you. I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.’ … Read more
Oct2018
God’s first-hand message
In the past, God spoke to our ancestors many times and in many ways through the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. (verses 1, 2) Read Hebrews 1:1-14 One of the key words in the Letter to the Hebrews is ‘better’. With Jesus we have a better… Read more
Oct2018
Appointed as caretakers
O LORD, our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world! Your praise reaches up to the heavens; it is sung by children and babies. You are safe and secure from all your enemies; you stop anyone who opposes you. (verses 1,2) Read Psalm 8 Have you ever had one of those moments when you’ve… Read more
Oct2018
As we continue to babble on
They said, ‘Now let’s build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth’. Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which they had built, and he said, ‘Now then, these are all… Read more
Oct2018
The same again – but different
‘I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world. Whenever I cover the sky with clouds and the rainbow appears, I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that a flood will never again destroy all living beings. When the rainbow… Read more
Oct2018
The only response
Noah built an altar to the LORD; he took one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burnt them whole as a sacrifice on the altar. The smell of the sacrifice pleased the LORD, and he said to himself, ‘Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what… Read more
Oct2018
Can we watch them drown?
The LORD said to Noah, ‘Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the world who does what is right. Take with you seven pairs of each kind of ritually clean animal, but only one pair of each kind of unclean animal. Take also… Read more
Oct2018
Zapping everything evil
When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time, he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret that he said, ‘I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the… Read more
Sep2018
Pray in faith
Are any among you in trouble? They should pray. Are any among you happy? They should sing praises. Are any among you sick? They should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord. This prayer made in faith will heal the… Read more
