“In the beginning” are the three words that start both Genesis and John’s Gospel. Here the Psalmist is reflecting on this world that God created and on his own life. He exhorts the readers to rejoice and praise God using voices and musical instruments. We are reminded that all the work that God does is […]
Daily Devotion 10th September 2018
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was […]
Daily Devotion 9th September 2018
1 O God, you are my God alone;I seek your face with eagerness.My soul and body thirst for youIn this dry, weary wilderness. 2 I’ve seen you in your holy place;Your power and glory held my gaze.3 Far better is your love than life,And so my lips will sing your praise. 4 I’ll bless you, […]
Daily Devotion 8th September 2018
So that you know what I am doing, I am sending a faithful witness to tell you the story… What a responsibility Tychicus has been given! He has become the sharer of all he knows, has seen, and all that is burning within him: as well as the reality of what following the ‘Jesus-way’ involves. […]
Daily Devotion 7th September 2018
Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak. Reflection Encountering Ephesus is quite an experience. Once a bustling […]
Daily Devotion 6th September 2018
Ephesians draws us to another thread of truth about what standing firm in the faith might mean. It’s all about prayer – it’s source and context. The source involves the most staggering interaction captured in this short verse. Prayer is from within; it is that offering up – in glorious language, stumbling silence, or anguished […]
Daily Devotion 4th September 2018
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Render service with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to men and women, […]
Daily Devotion 3rd September
The Church in Papua New Guinea has been enriched by martyrdom twice in the twentieth century. James Chalmers, Oliver Tomkins and some companions were sent to New Guinea by the London Missionary Society. They met their death by martyrdom in 1901. Forty years later, during the Second World War, New Guinea was occupied by the […]
Daily Devotion 2nd September 2018
1 My soul finds rest in God alone;From him comes my salvation sure.2 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock—In him alone I am secure. 3 How long will you assault a man?Do you all seek to lay him low—This leaning wall, this tottering fence—And bring about his overthrow? 4 They plan his fall from his high […]
Daily Devotion 1st September
As we are reminded, this is the only Commandment which comes with a promise of a good if it is obeyed. Others of course come with a warning and still others are stated baldly as being somewhat obvious. The author of Ephesians extends this Commandment from “honour” to “obey” and introduces a counterpart obligation on […]