Devotion
Poem: ‘Morning Hill’
Climb, Mary. Walk on faith shards and broken hopes to the tomb. Carry your jar of myrrh Wrapped in tears and tatters to the garden. This last thing you can do. and who will move the stone? Blot out cross. Forget thorns. Forget whips, laughter, scorn. Blood, dust and darkness. This last thing I can […]
Battling Cancer
[Baptist News Service 8 July 1998] By Thomas D. Lea FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Where is God when we hurt? He is helping us to handle life’s thorns. He has not left us. For the past three and a half years, I have battled cancer. It started with a visit to the doctor’s office where he […]
Light And Darkness
"And God divided the light from the darkness." – Genesis 1:4 A believer has two principles at work within him. In his natural estate he was subject to one principle only, which was darkness; now light has entered, and the two principles disagree. Mark the apostle Paul’s words in the seventh chapter of Romans: "I […]
Modern Ways Satan Attacks Our Children
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith (1 Corinthians 16:13). The school administration in a Christian high school found out that nearly every student in the school had played "Bloody Mary," a popular party game among some groups of children. A common version of the game requires a child to go into a […]
What To Do With Your Ecstasies!
Religious experiences, particularly those with a high emotional content, are very complex. Protestants generally, particularly Anglo-Saxons, are somewhat afraid of their emotions. They have a ‘reserved’ approach to worship, and a somewhat rationalistic approach to faith and doctrine. Very few could be accused of ‘being drunk with new wine’! Religious experience is for them a […]
You Have To Start Somewhere!
I read of a conversation between a student and a teacher at an examination. ‘I can’t do anything with this paper,’ said the student, ‘It’s hopeless.’ ‘Why?’ said the examiner. ‘Because it’s far too difficult,’ said the student. ‘Then,’ said the examiner, ‘put down what you know.’ Life can be difficult at times, but even […]
Quarrel And Strife
There is a legend from Greek mythology that the god Hercules was once walking along a narrow road when a strange-looking creature appeared threateningly in front of him. Hercules struck this creature with his club and passed on, but soon afterwards was surprised to be confronted by this same creature, only now three times as […]
Fear
When they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:31). Fear is a powerful controller. It either compels us to do what is irresponsible or it impedes us from living responsibly. […]
Reliability
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 07:17:56 +1000 From: Pastor Ron Clarke <> Subject: Word for the Week 21 June Have you ever purchased a product or used a service after reading an advertisement, only to find that the product or service did not match up to its claims? Iím sure that you have. Similarly, you […]
Mercy
Read: Psalm 145 I will bless the Lord at all times. -Psalm 34:1 According to William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, mercy drops down like "gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." Shakespeare was right about the double blessing that […]
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