He is as near as your own breathing.

Have you ever had a person so close to you that you could feel their breath?

When you feel lonely or it seems as if God is far away, open your Bible.  Because Script...

Nothing was created EXCEPT what He created ( John 1:3) and He created ALL THINGS. Let the transcendent glory of that linger at the back of our minds as we listen intently to something Jesus said. I ca...

Listen to these beautiful words the Lord spoke to Israel:

Your people shall be consistently righteous (Isaiah 60:21) the branch of My planting so that I may be glorified. To give them (Isaiah 61:3) a d...

I am concerned by what seems to be a growing trend among sincere

Christians to rebuke, try to remove and even to bind Satan.  Sometimes

in a prayer to Almighty God, a person will break off and speak dir...

(What I do thou knowest not now; but

thou shalt know hereafter. John 13:7)

Accepted! From Thy hand, my Lord, I take

This hurting thing, and bear it for Thy sake;

Nor bear it only, but in Thy dear Name,

Thy...

ALIVE IN CHRIST

Often I have wondered .....

-- observing the willful, vile, rebellious

behaviour of humans through all the ages

of history,

-- seeing my own heart,

..... why didn't God crush us under His he...

Abigail's words intrigued me. 1 Samuel 25:29 ..."Your life shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord your God and the lives of your enemies HE shall sling out." How merciful was God's timing ...

Of course I cannot fully enter into the heart-break of God or the grief of the Holy Spirit. But I can understand that God’s holiness demanded that He abandon Jesus. I can understand that the Holy Spir...

That morning it touched me more deeply than ever before (Judges 6:11-34). It was almost as if I could see Jesus sitting under the oak tree. Then He went into the winepress where terrified Gideon was t...

Why didn't Jesus answer?

Caiaphas was in a blind rage because He wouldn't answer. Pilate was frustrated and confused by His mystical replies and silence. Herod was disappointed not to see a miracle sid...

(A few thoughts based on messages by Charles Price)

Romans 6:1-14

Don't concentrate on overcoming sin but on submitting to Christ. How to deal with sin -- two extremes: Legalism and License.

Legalism - r...

Several years ago I used this thought for an encouragement card but I came across it again while going over some old Bible study notes. I'm sending it again with the prayer that God will impact your h...

Not more bad news? Yes, more sadness and tragedy for the family. And just a week after a shocking death in the family had left us almost stunned.

Finally alone, I drove along thinking of the changes an...

As we grapple with pain and strive to maintain a wise and healthy balance, there are so many factors to keep in mind. Since there are far too many to be jotted down, the best way is to be thoroughly v...

I felt privileged to be at your baptism and I appreciated your testimony. I think that what you had to say could be very helpful to others who are struggling.

It is good to know that now there are thre...

"Let this mind be in you that you have been GIVEN, granted the privilege, not only to believe but to suffer for Christ."

PERSECUTION OF BELIEVERS

WHAT IS IT?  WHY IS IT?

We know without the slightest dou...

(A few condensed thoughts based on messages on the Beatitudes by Charles Price.)

Matthew 5:- Blessed are .... The ingredients of happiness; not the superficial happiness which comes from everything goi...

At times all of us will suddenly be gripped by a line from a familiar verse in Scripture which glows like a jewel and becomes a treasure fastened on our hearts. It happened to me a few months ago and ...

Probably like you, I have often meditated on the anguish of the Father and the agony of Jesus throughout all the circumstances leading up to and including the Cross. One Saturday (the day before Easte...

This special day, the day of September 27th has significance in Heaven. All the angels know that 35 years ago, on this date, the Sovereign Almighty God created a child, specifically a girl-child. He p...

I open my Bible ... but I do not begin to read. My mind struggles to contemplate a Sovereign Creator, Who would choose to reveal Himself to deliberately fallen mortals. What is He like?

He dwells in un...

Perhaps you've never had this experience. Some time ago as I looked over parts of my prayer list for that particular morning, I heaved a sigh of sheer boredom. Repeatedly I pray the same old requests ...

As I was preparing for a Bible Study, I came to 2 John 5:3, which says that God's commands are not burdensome, not irksome, not grievous. I was going to make only a passing reference to Matthew 11:28-...

 

We come from the sombre and muted tones of a dying Autumn to the chilling blast and icy grip of Winter.

As this year draws to a close, it is natural for us to look back and ponder. Other bygone years ...

In (Revelation 6:12-17) we have the first of three earthquakes in Revelation and the people on earth will see these astronomical signs. The brilliant, burning sun will correspond to the awful occasion...

Some of us (?) are getting older and most of us have areas in which we wish we had greater strength and ability.

As I go on in life, I want to probe deeply the meaning and the freedom of Paul's stateme...

Some time ago as I was praying for our church, four verses from Matthew came together with a significance I had not quite seen before in those particular verses.

(Matthews 21:12,13,14,19) Jesus wen...

Our position is unassailable and unending.

Deserving nothing

     but

     eligible for everything

      because

      the highest court in the universe has declared me

     JUSTIFIED!

Salvation is God's pla...

I think that particular period started with the devastating illness and death of my Mother. Then, in the next few months, our family was rocked by illness, sorrow, surgery, deaths and tragedy, until w...

The Omnipresence of God is a wonderful comfort, especially in the dark and lonely, frightening places. Amazing fact -- He is in front of us, behind us, on both sides and He indwells us. The glorious O...

John 3:16 -- God so loved, that He gave ... that whosoever ... might have ... LIFE!

How could God love so much that He gave so much? This verse reveals the total abandonment of God; He gave Himself for...

These thoughts have been coming to mind for some time. There are so many Scriptural references in Ex., Lev., and Num.

e.g. Leviticus 2:2-9 -- A sacrifice burned on the altar, an offering made by fire y...

Several things struck me with fresh impact as I read again the third chapter of Joshua.

(Joshau 3:11) The Lord of all the earth is passing over before you. THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH; yet He was totally...

Christmas ..... a wondrous star in the night sky, startled shepherds, a glorious angelic message,

THE PRICELESS GIFT -- and we've added candles, coloured lights, trees, decorations, etc. This is how we...

A few words from Philippians 1:20 caught my attention in a fresh way; "That Christ will be magnified and get glory and praise in this body of mine and be boldly exalted in my person, whether through l...

Mary said, "My spirit has rejoiced in God, my Saviour."

I remember in the early 1950's the Pope declared a Maryan Year and said that Mary was equal with Jesus in power to grant salvation. The deception...

Ezekiel 3:25-27: Ropes will be put upon you, you cannot go out, you cannot talk.

BUT ... when I speak with you ...

As I was reading, these phrases seemed to come together as one statement. Although they...

Living with uncertainty ..... many of us do. We have lived with uncertainty for several months

and frightening possibilities loom in our run-away imaginations.

After reading 2 Thessailonians 3:16, Ampli...

Another year has dawned ..... the closing year of this century. What fills our hearts as we survey our troubled world?

Y2K has many pushing the panic button and alarming us with horror-filled possi...

(Hymn by TOPLADY entitled FAITH REVIVING)

From whence this fear and unbelief?

Hath not the Father put to grief

His spotless Son for me?

And will the righteous Judge of men

Condemn me for that debt of sin

Wh...

Thoughts ... thoughts ... thoughts ...

We all have them. We can't get away from them.

Today I'm thinking about thoughts. More and more I'm seeing how important they are. I began to think about Judas, th...

That morning it touched me more deeply than ever before (Judges 6:11-34). It was almost as if I could see Jesus sitting under the oak tree. Then He went into the winepress where terrified Gideon was t...

They were frantically eager to arrest Jesus and had sent the temple guards to apprehend Him (John 7:30,32). But the temple guards went back to the religious big-shots empty-handed!

Would Jesus have kno...

I was drying dishes when Romans 6:23 popped into my mind unexpectedly. That was a verse I had memorized as a little kid. Suddenly the thought struck me that Rom.6:23 is a suitcase -- yes, a suitcase w...

Suddenly a violent storm but He was sleeping (Matthew 8:24). Is this what it seems like in my life just now? Does it feel like Jesus is asleep and I'm alone in the storm? Why the storms? Why such fier...

All Thy works shall praise Thy Name.

Even the stones have a message.

During Jesus' triumphal entry (Luke 19), the Pharisees told Him to reprove His disciples. Jesus replied (Vs.40) that if they kept sil...

We all go through many and varied stages on the journey of life. There are no detours around them.

Looking back ... looking ahead. I look back over all the years, at the potholes along the road, and I ...

As I read, I was thinking ... this is a hard saying. "Every single thing that happens to a believer expresses God's love to him and comes for the furthering of God's purpose for him. God is love to hi...

As we moved through our week of Solemn Assembly, a time of seeking God in repentance, I was thinking about why we need to repent.  Of course it's because of sin but what is the basic, bottom-line, ess...

The Book of Nehemiah is not just history. It is full of rich treasure for our daily walk with God. A few of the jewels shone out and impressed me again with their fire and clarity.

9:36 - We are slaves...