Passage: Acts 17:16-34 Walk around London for a day (pre or post Covid) with your eyes and ears wide open with this question in your mind, ‘what do people live for?’ What would hit you? … Read More
#34 Making Jesus Known
Passage: Matthew 28:18-20 Most of you reading this week’s pep talk will be familiar with the Great Commission at the end of Matthew’s Gospel as Jesus addresses his disciples before returning to be with His … Read More
#33 Heavenly Thinking
Passage: Colossians 3:1-4 There’s an expression that you might have heard, or perhaps even uttered yourself, and it’s not a compliment- “They’re so heavenly-minded, they’re of no earthly good!” It’s often used to describe someone … Read More
#32 The Mustard Seed of Faith
Passage: Matthew 17:14-21 Approaching lockdown in March, knowing that summer was around the corner was one thing, but facing further restrictions with winter on the horizon is quite another. Uncertainty therefore abounds. What tier are … Read More
#31 The Power of Kindness
Ruth: Chapters 1-4 It was the run up to Christmas 2002 and my wife and I were in our house in Chicago with our four children. Suddenly we heard the sound of people singing Christmas … Read More
#30 What’s gonna happen at Christmas?
Passage: Luke 2:8-20 The check-out queue at Sainsbury’s was where I had my first one this year and it was only mid-September. What am I referring to? A conversation about Christmas. Everyone seemed to be … Read More
#29 Being Distinctive
Passage: Exodus 19:1-8 Whenever I hear a certain boy’s name from my secondary school (I mustn’t give his name), I immediately think of the same thing- short trousers! You see this boy stood out on … Read More
#28 Help in Difficult Times
Passage: Psalm 121 Tuesday 24th March 2020 is etched on many people’s minds and written in my diary. Why? It’s when lockdown began in the UK. It’s hard to believe that is exactly six months … Read More
#27 When the Dream becomes a Nightmare
Passage: Luke 12:13-21 Luke chapter 12 begins with many thousands listening to Jesus teach. Then someone in the crowd asks Jesus to do something for him- “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with … Read More
#26 All You Need is Love!
Passage: Luke 10:25-37 Love has been sung about, written about and dreamt about probably more than any other subject, and yet the one thing that is so obviously missing in our increasingly divided world is … Read More