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 […]
Daily Devotion 29th August 2018
But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure person, or one who is greedy (that is, an […]
Daily Devotion 28th August
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Reflection There is a suggestion, here, that we have a duty to emulate our parents. As strange as that may sound now, it is only a […]
Daily Devotion by Alan Yates
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labour […]