The visit of the Lord Into your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God. Psalm 31:5 Read Hebrews 13:1—6 Tonight, out of the list of life situations in the reading, if any in the list digs into me and arrests me, I had better lay the prayer book…
Testing the spirits Let all who seek you Rejoice and be glad in you. Psalm 70:4 Read 1 John 4:1—6 Unless I am a recluse — and the faith was never set up for that — I cannot help realising that there are armies of people ready to challenge my report on the Christian…
Gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed In the last days it will be, God declares, That I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Acts 2:17 Read Hebrews 2:1—4 The time in which I live is a time to live joyfully in the salvation of God. The day I have just spent was…
The great suffering such as has not been For he was cut off from the land of the living, Stricken for the transgression of my people. Isaiah 53:8 Read Matthew 24:15—24 Tonight I’m looking at Jerusalem through Jesus’ eyes. He has come to it. And he sees its end. I think he sees Jerusalem…
The cherished bride How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Song of Solomon 4:1 Read Revelation 21:1—7 I know this all has to be pictured for me. If I try to explain it as though I could move behind the pictures and think I was…
What faith does Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in his ways. Psalm 128:1 Read Hebrews 11:23—31 Faith, the way I have had it, what has been its character? What has been its effect? Faith as I read it here has led the faithful to strenuous actions posited on the truth…
Away and at home My soul longs, indeed it faints For the courts of the Lord. Psalm 84:2 Read 2 Corinthians 5:1—10 Somehow I get the feeling, and this is not the only place, that in Christ I can never ever lose out. I’m in a tent now: I’ll get a building, an eternal…
Sown perishable, raised in glory The valleys deck themselves with grain; They shout and sing together for joy. Psalm 65:13 Read 1 Corinthians 15:35—43 This is a fair question for me to consider as I come to the end of the day. I may soon be down to sleep. All my life I have…
Whoever believes in him You overcame the sting of death, And opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Te Deum Read John 3:16—21 Why? Why this belief? This belief that I must hold to? Why should this belief be the lucky winner? The belief in Jesus? Out of all the beliefs on offer,…
The heavenly city Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and all that fills it. Psalm 96:11 Read Hebrews 11:8—16 Abraham was promised a land. Beyond that, he was promised a city. Abraham got to see the land, to walk on it, have his sheep graze on…