Well, this week we are back visiting Thailand and it seems like a good place to start telling the story of how we came to be here in the first place in a foreign land, many miles from the UK. The story started about 30 years ago and it would be about another 15 years … Read more
El Emet – The God of Truth Proverbs 23.23 tells us, “Buy the truth and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.” In these days where truth is oftentimes interpreted subjectively on a personal level, it is ever more important to hold fast to God’s word of truth! Truth is Eternal God’s … Read more
JM Rowland 5, Tichborne Street, Leicester. To all at School on 21/1/41 All of us have, I imagine, seen someone fall down at some time or another! Now, although people fall down in all sorts of different ways and through all sorts of different causes, in nearly all cases there is one thing in common; … Read more
The God of Israel who exceeds your greatest dreams and expectations. He is a firm foundation. In Ezekiel 16 In this chapter God takes hold of Israel and she goes from being a child to bride, later in the chapter God records her descent into unfaithfulness. In verse 60-63 He reiterates His deep covenant relationship … Read more
God is the Shepherd of Israel. Psalm 80.1 1 Give ear, O Roeh (Shepherd) of Israel, you that leads the descendants of Joseph like a flock, you who is dwells between the cherubim, shine forth. The Shepherd’s Staff Becomes a Sceptre In Psalm 23.4 The staff was used by shepherds to poke around in crevices to flush out … Read more
One day Dave was praying and asked God if he is really the only way to be saved and maybe there was an easier way? Then God told Dave to go to an Indian restaurant, which he told me, but I said that I fancied Chinese. When we went to the Indian restaurant, a Hindu … Read more
In Ezekiel 48.35 we meet the Lord Who is there Yehovah-Shammah means “Yehovah is there” This was a symbolic name for Jerusalem. The Lord has not abandoned Jerusalem, leaving it in ruins, but that there will be a restoration. There is one reference to Yehovah Shammah in Ezekiel 48.35. Israel is in captivity in Babylon, … Read more
To Central Inters & Juniors 8/6/41 James 3 verse 2 – 8 I wonder have you ever noticed how, so often, it is the little things which are the most important. For example, if you try to turn a horse around by pushing it with all your might on its flank you’ll have a Dickens … Read more
Just after we got married in 1991, like most couples, we bought a house. Maybe not the normal 3 bed, but a four bed semi, which in time we converted to a five bed, as we never used the garage! Did we plan on having a large family? In the conventional sense, no, but we … Read more
Okay, so we’ve just covered Jesus as the Beloved in the Song of Solomon, so, as promised, we’re now we’re turning to our role as the Bride as portrayed in the same book! We have seen that Jesus desires to be with us and seeks us out, and we also seek Him out. This is … Read more