Daily Update #213

Pause:  As we prepare to look at God’s Word let us quieten our minds, so that   his Holy Spirit may speak to us today. Readings:  Genesis 3 : 1 – 8;    Psalm 32 : 1 – 8;    Mark 7 : 31 – 37 “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.  Blessed …

Daily Update #212

Pause: 13 For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 18 The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for …

Daily Update #210

Today’s Readings:      Genesis 1:20-2:4.     Psalm 8.          Mark 7:1-15. “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the world.” (Psalm 8:1, 9). Today’s psalm is attributed to King David. It was described by that great commentator on the psalms, Derek Kidner, as “an unsurpassed example of what a hymn should be, celebrating as it does the …

Daily Update #209

It was so During lockdown I have found many things around my home, in plain sight, which I never noticed before. Most of these are, jobs to do, repairs to be made and many piles of various objects put to one side to be sorted. How easy it is to miss things which are right …

Daily Update #208

Hebrews 13:1-25.When I finally left home to go off to university, my parents kindly drove me the long journey up to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. We enjoyed the pleasant journey. But once installed in my new room and it was time to leave, I remember those last few minutes, as my parents crammed in lots of advice before …

Daily Update #207

Pause: I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Revelation 21:2 18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19 to a trumpet blast or to such …