Glory to the king of kings Jesus hail! enthroned in glory, There forever to abide. John Bakewell Read Luke 19:36-40 I think tonight of those rattled Pharisees, beside themselves. ‘Teacher, tell them to stop it! Stop it! Can’t you stop them?’ They are in panic. This praise of Jesus is getting out of hand.…
DetailsThe song of the soul set free Glory to thee, my God, this night For all the blessings of the light. Thomas Ken Read Act 16:25—34 Quite a lot happened in the middle of the night once two Christian prisoners sang hymns and prayed. After that they spoke the word of God to this…
DetailsThe mystery The mystery hidden for ages in God, Who created all things. Ephesians 3:9 Read 1 Timothy 3:16 Sometimes I treat my faith as a puzzle. Sometimes as a riddle. But it’s not a puzzle. It’s not a riddle. It’s a mystery. A puzzle or a riddle, once you get it, it’s solved.…
DetailsThe renewal of all things So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done. Genesis 2:3 Read Isaiah 65:17—19, 23—25 At the end of this day I prepare to rest. I hope that my rest can be a fitting conclusion to…
DetailsThe knowledge that requires humility Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love and praise. Charles Wesley Read Job 42:1—6 I guess there have been times when I have spouted forth. I have no doubt set out my views on God. Maybe, just maybe, I have tried to sound confident. I…
DetailsFrom the beginning You’re the Word of God the Father From before the world began. Stewart Townend Read Job 38:4-7 Tonight I’m listening in on a man called Job who is in personal spiritual turmoil because he’s lost family, fortune, everything, and can’t figure out how it could ever compute that God has…
DetailsYou have pain now He received great afflictions for the Son of the living God. Therefore our Saviour lifted him to his kingdom. Saint Mina’s Doxology Read John 16:16—23 I suppose that that first pain of those first disciples, the pain of witnessing the suffering, the ridicule, the torrid injustice, and the perishing of…
DetailsHe speaks into my life Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life. Psalm 23:6 Read John 10:27—30 Let me think back over today. My Lord, who is the shepherd of my soul, assures me that he speaks into my life, into my days, and that my lived days…
DetailsMay God make me complete And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness. Scottish Psalter 1650 Read Hebrews 13:17—21 The blessing I read here, after the call to pray for the leaders who shepherd me, is often used when Christians part, say at the end of a service. So it’s almost…
DetailsShowers of blessing You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture And I am your God, says the Lord God. Ezekiel 34:31 Read Ezekiel 34:23—26 When he was raised from the dead Jesus pointed out the way he fulfilled the scriptures.[1] In what I call the Old Testament I have things concerning him.…
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