Sep2018
God’s mirror lets us look at ourselves
None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults! Keep me safe, also, from wilful sins; don’t let them rule over me. Then I shall be perfect and free from the evil of sin. (verses 12,13) Read Psalm 19:7-14 When God led my wife and me to serve him in… Read more
Sep2018
Sin is crouching at the door
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out for a walk ‘, When they were out in the countryside, Cain turned on his brother and killed him. The LORD asked Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ (verses 8,9) Read Genesis 4:1-16 Very quickly we see God’s prediction come true. Human relationships are destroyed… Read more
Sep2018
The loss of innocence
That evening they heard the LORD God walking in the garden and they hid from him among the trees. But the LORD God called out to the man, ‘Where are you? He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked’. (verses 8-10) Read Genesis 3:1-24 What… Read more
Sep2018
Free to be….
Then the LORD God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live. Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed. (verses 7,8) Read Genesis… Read more
Sep2018
Created in the image of God
In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. Then God commanded, ‘Let there be light’ and light appeared. (verses 1-3) Read Genesis 1:1 – 2:3 What a pity… Read more
Sep2018
Two reactions
So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the… Read more
Sep2018
Wisdom from above
But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy. And goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace. (verses 17, 18)… Read more
Sep2018
God will rescue you
Hear my prayer,0 God; listen to my words! Proud people are coming to attack me; cruel people are trying to kill me – those who do not care about God But God is my helper. The LORD is my defender. (verses 2-4) Read Psalm 54 Evil is so much a part of our fallen world,… Read more
Sep2018
Family in strange places
The next day a wind began to blow from the south, and in two days we came to the town of Puteoli. We found some believers there who asked us to stay with them a week. And so we came to Rome. The believers in Rome heard about us and came as far as the… Read more
Sep2018
How can you eat at a time like this?
Just before dawn, Paul begged them all to eat some food: ‘You have been waiting for fourteen days now, and all this time you’ve not eaten a thing. I beg you, then, eat some food; you need it in order to survive. Not even a hair of your heads will be lost.’ After saying this, Paul… Read more
