May2017
A banquet of blessing
You prepare a banquet for me, where all my enemies can see me; you welcome me as an honoured guest and fill my cup to the brim. I know that your goodness and love will be with me all my life; and your house will be my home as long as I live. (verses 5,6)… Read more
May2017
The pivotal point
The Jewish high priest goes into the Most Holy Place every year with the blood of an animal. But Christ did not go in to offer himself many times, for then he would have had to suffer many times ever since the creation of the world. Instead, now when all ages of time are nearing… Read more
May2017
May2017
May2017
Good enough
Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens. He is not like other high priests; he does not need to offer sacrifices every day for his own sins first and… Read more
May2017
Brief encounters
Melchizedek was not descended from Levi, but he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him, the man who received God’s promises. There is no doubt that the one who blesses is greater than the one who is blessed. (verses 6,7) Read Hebrews 7:1-7 ‘The one who blesses is greater than the one who is… Read more
Apr2017
When Jesus meets us
As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going further; but they held him back, saying, ‘Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark. So he went in to stay with them. He sat down to eat with them, took the… Read more
Apr2017
Hope in the face of death
I love the LORD, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers. He listens to me every time I call to him. The danger of death was all around me; The horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety. Then I called to the LORD, ‘I beg… Read more
Apr2017
Well anchored
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and geos through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary. On our behalf Jesus has gone in there before us and has become a high priest for ever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek. (verses 19,20) Read… Read more
Apr2017
Look at me
God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians. Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come… Read more