2017/11 Profitable Bible Study - Some Practical Tips The more time you spend contemplating what you have read in your Bible, the more beneficial it will be to your soul. Bishop JC Ryle of Liverpool said: “next to praying, there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.” He went on to say “the man

2017/11 The Seed of Abraham ‘For verily He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham’ Hebrews 2:16 Here is the love and wisdom of the Father in preparing a body for His Son, in which the fullness of the Godhead would dwell. The incarnation of

2017/09 How To Have a Meaningful Quiet Time Time is precious. The Christian’s quiet time before God is even more so. In an age where gadgets and apps are designed to save us time, we end up feeling as if we don’t have enough of it. As a result, the believer’s quiet time is the

2017/09 God's Way in Man's Wrath ‘The wrath of man shall praise thee’ Psalm 76:10. An ungodly world is filled with wrath against Christ and His church. ‘The heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing; the kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against

2017/03 The Greatest Recovery “I restored that which I took not away.” Psalm 69:4 Satan and sin are robbers against both God and man. Satan, in tempting God’s image bearer to sin, set out to rob God of the glory of His wisdom, justice and power. It resulted in the will of the creature being

2017/01 Walk Wisely “See then that ye walk circumspectly.” Ephesians 5:6 The righteous have a new name, ‘one that is written among the living in Jerusalem’ (Isaiah 4:3). The Lord knows them and has put a difference between them and others. They are ‘the apple of his eye’ (Zechariah 2:8), even His ‘jewels’ (Malachi 3:17).Though

2016/11 Seeing the day of Christ “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it and was glad.” John 8:56 Desires after Christ must surely fill believers’ hearts with holy joy. Such yearnings as these never go unfulfilled.   Abraham, though he did not see the Messiah actually manifested in the flesh, had

2015/01 “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” Isaiah 59:19 The people of God face hostile foes on route to glory. While they attack under many guises, their commander in chief is the god of this world. His storm troops, like

2015/03 Jesus Christ - Chief Cornerstone When describing His church, one metaphor the Lord uses is that of a building. An example of this is found in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians when he speaks of “all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord” (Ephesians 2:21). This building, the

We may lift up our hands, and even our voices, out of a sense of duty; and yet.... our hearts may not delight in God.