How the word bears fruit So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty. Isaiah 55:11 Read Isaiah 28:23—29 The prophet has prepared diligently. He speaks. I am to attend. I am to listen. My whole being is to be open to this word from…
My legacy Ask your father and he will inform you; Your elders, and they will tell you. Deuteronomy 32:7 Read Deuteronomy 32:44—47 I cannot help leaving a legacy. If I tried to disappear from life altogether someone would have to clean up after me. I will always leave something. Better to leave something good…
It has to be fruitful Your promise is well tried, And your servant loves it all. Psalm 119:140 Read Luke 8:4—10 I am one or other of these four kinds of soil. I really cannot see any other option I am given. If I’m not the fourth kind, the good soil, absorbing the word…
The earths the Lord’s and all that it in it You made the moon to mark the seasons; The sun knows its time for setting. Psalm 104:19 Read Genesis 8:15—22 Looking at this picture I am witness to a two-way movement. Noah selects from the clean animals. The chosen ones do not live out…
All creation bows God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark … And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you. 1 Peter 3:20-21 Read Genesis 8:1—4 I must think of my baptism tonight. I must relive it. Here I have been carried through the waters that threatened me,…
As in the days if Noah For as the days of Noah were, So will be the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:37 Read Genesis 6:11—19 The exhaustiveness of God’s judgement on rebel humanity in the story of Noah has always, if furtively, struck me as a little ruthless. Not a soul…
Beyond my expectation Speak to me by name, O Master, Let me know it is to me. Frances Ridley Havergal Read Matthew 19:27—30 I know a little of Peter’s back story. He took a first step that now looks as though it’s becoming a life decision for him and a world decision for us.…
The preface to my life I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.’ And you forgave the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32:5 Read Genesis 3:1—8 When the sin, the shame and the scandal of public figures are exposed they disarmingly admit to ‘an error of judgement’. I very easily identify with…
A new created friendship How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:7 Read Matthew 9:9—13 A single day can bring me into contact with a lot of people. Very varied people. Those I naturally gravitate towards. Those I barely bring myself…
The newcomer God has longed for He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, To be holy and blameless before him in love. Ephesians 1:4 Read Matthew 20:8—16 I take it that every time I come to God and hold out my hands and receive from him, I come, as it…