Comfort, comfort now my people;speak of peace – so says your God.Comfort those who sit in darkness,burdened by a heavy load.To Jerusalem proclaim:God shall take away your shame.Now get ready to recover;guilt and suffering are over Hear the herald’s proclamationin the desert far and near,calling all to true repentance,telling that the Lord is near.Oh, that […]
Daily Devotion 8th November 2018
Come and see the shining hope that Christ’s apostle saw;on the earth, confusion but in heaven an open door,where the living creatures praise the Lamb for evermore:Love has the victory for ever! Amen, he comes! to bring his own reward!Amen, praise God! for justice now restored;kingdoms of the world become the kingdom of the Lord:Love […]
Daily Devotion 7th November 2018
Praise to the God who clears the waypreparing room and space;for power and pride will lose their swayas peace comes in their place. Praise to the God who comes to judgethe truth of word and deed,who calls our minds and wills to change,rebuking wealth and greed. Praise to the God who waits with usfor hope […]
Daily Devotion 6th November 2018
Light of the world,You step down into darknessOpened my eyes let me seeBeauty that madethis heart adore youhope of a life spent with you So here I am to worshipHere I am to bow downHere I am to say that you’re my GodYou’re altogether lovelyAltogether worthyAltogether wonderful to me King of all daysOh so highly […]
Daily Devotion 5th November 2018
Hills of the North, rejoice,river and mountain-spring,hark to the advent voice;valley and lowland, sing.Christ comes in righteousness and love,he brings salvation from above. 2 Isles of the Southern seas,sing to the listening earth,carry on every breezehope of a world’s new birth:In Christ shall all be made anew,his word is sure, his promise true. 3 Lands […]
Daily Devotion 4th November 2018
The New Oxford Annotated Bible (NRSV) describes this Psalm as “an aged worshipper’s prayer for deliverance from personal enemies”. As someone who is rapidly approaching the validity of the description “aged worshipper” (although maybe not as a “cause of wonder”!) perhaps I can resonate with the pleas for God not to “desert me or leave […]
Daily Devotion 3rd November 2018
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who is enthroned on the cherubim. They carried the ark of […]
Daily Devotion 2nd November
Anointed by the prophet Samuel when called from tending his father’s flocks (1 Sam 16), David proved himself as a leader in battles and in respect for God. So the elders of all the tribes at last recognised that the Lord had said David would shepherd his people and become their ruler. This Lord is […]
Daily Devotion 1st November 2018 All Saints’ Day
For all the saints, who from their labours rest,Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.Alleluia, Alleluia! 2. Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.Alleluia, Alleluia! 3. For the Apostles’ glorious […]
Daily Devotion 31st October 2018
David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan. (He ordered that The Song of the Bow be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar. He said: our glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How the mighty have fallen!Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not […]