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 …

Daily Update #205

Hebrews 12:1-4.       Psalm 22:25-31.     Mark 5:21-45. Our short reading today from Hebrews 12 is truly a word for dark times. Hebrews was written to first century Christians undergoing great hardship and persecution. Its underlying theme is best summarised in verse 3: “Consider Him (Jesus) who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow …

Daily Update #204

Hebrews 11:32–end               Psalm 31:19–end                    Mark 5:1–22The world was not worthy of them Reflection Pause and reflect; who do you look up to as an inspiration of living faith? Reading32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the …

Daily Update #203

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:  Hebrews 8 : 6 – 13;  Psalm 85 : 7 – 13;  Mark 3 : 13 – 19Jesus said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.  A man scatters …

Daily Update #201

Today’s Readings:  Hebrews 10:1-10.    Psalm 40:1-4, 7-10.    Mark 3:31-35. ‘There is no other religion in which one great happening brings salvation through the centuries and throughout the world. This is the distinctive doctrine of Christianity’. (Leon Morris) I hope that you are finding the truths set out in Hebrews to be helpful as we bash on in …