Today we have a story from Carisbrooke Priory on the Isle of Wight, of trusting God’s timing and provision. When we were younger, we used to go to the Isle of Wight for holidays and we often visited a couple who ran a house church down there. Norman and Joan Vesey ran it and they … Read more
God has special concern for widows and makes it clear in His Word. None of us can truly imagine how we might feel when we lose our spouse until we go through the devastation of losing the person who has been the most important to us in our lives. When I contemplate that day, it … Read more
Today we have a message from Uncle Malcolm on the missionary calling of Paul and joy in persecution. J.M Rowland 5, Tichborne Street, Leicester To Leicester Central Juniors & Inters 20/4/41 When we talk about missionaries we usually forget that the earliest Christian missionaries travelled, not from Europe to Asia or some other continent, but … Read more
Psalm 68.5 tells us that He is, “Yah, a father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.” It is He who sets the solitary in families. God is a defender and a covering of the defenceless and He places worth on all life, because it comes from Him, especially … Read more
As we lead back in to the subject of God’s care for us, sometimes we are the agents of God’s care to others. Even though they may not all recieve bodily healing here on earth, they can all recieve comfort from God’s people through us. Where we may think that we have failed, others may … Read more
His love and care is also available to us in the form of healing, so let us lift each other up and stand on His Word in this area also, let us remember that He is for us and not against us and that all things are possible with Him. He is the One who … Read more
This week we have a word from my Uncle Malcolm. Here we see that God reaches out to us in our fallen state. Whatever state we are in when we come to Christ, He meets us there, as we are, and He lifts us up as we stumble on the way. Whatever stage we are … Read more
Today we are starting a series of studies on the compassionate nature of our God, He is an ever-present help in times of trouble and we take comfort in knowing that we can turn to Him. Every day He gives us more and more reasons to trust Him, that have been plainly written for us. … Read more
Today we have a lesson from my Uncle Malcolm on the ups and downs of the Christian life and the need to develop a consistent walk with God, is necessary for us all as we go on in our Christian life. Let us not be caught sleeping as we wait and live for HIm. To … Read more
Genesis 16 This week we take a look at “The God who sees me”, He is the God who cares for us when we think we are forgotten and alone. In the Book of Genesis, Hagar uses this name for the God who spoke to her through his angel. In Hebrew, her phrase “El Roi”, literally, “God … Read more