Jan2018
Amazed
All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said. Mary remembered all these things and thought deeply about them. The shepherds went back, singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen; it had been just as the angel had told them. (verses 18-20) Read Luke 2: 15-21 The birth of… Read more
Dec2017
The gift of the old ones
There was a very old prophet, a widow named Anna, daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher. She had been married for only seven years and was now eighty-four years old. She never left the Temple; day and night she worshipped God, fasting and praying. That very same hour she arrived and gave thanks… Read more
Dec2017
I have a dream
Let them all praise the name of the LORD! His name is greater than all others; his glory is above earth and heaven. He made his nation strong, so that all his people praise him the people of Israel, so dear to him. Praise the LORD! Read Psalm 148 This psalm conjures up a wonderful… Read more
Dec2017
Brought to life
You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins; he cancelled the unfavourable record of our debts with its binding rules and did away with it completely by nailing… Read more
Dec2017
Filled with thanksgiving
Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him. Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving. (verses 6, 7) Read Colossians 1:24 – 2:7 The woman on the TV show told the… Read more
Dec2017
Truth and reconciliation
At one time you were far away from God and were his enemies because of the evil things you did and thought. But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence. (verses 21, 22) Read… Read more
Dec2017
From darkness to light
May you be made strong with all the strength which comes from his glorious power, so that you may be able to endure everything with patience. And with joy give thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to have your share of what God has reserved for his people in the kingdom of… Read more
Dec2017
One of us
The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father’s only Son. (verse 14) Read Luke 2: 1-20 In Calcutta Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity committed themselves to serve ‘the poorest of the poor’. There was… Read more
Dec2017
God’s great journey
The angel said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid, Mary; (God as been gracious to you. You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king as… Read more
Dec2017
A Christmas cry
My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. (verses 46-48) Read Luke 1:46b-55 Every day the sound of a crying baby is heard all over the world, as 350,000 new babies are born. Each one of them is… Read more
