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Editor: Observations on our Christian life Affliction is God’s shepherd dog to drive us back to the fold. Courage is fear that has said its prayers. The wages of sin is death.  So, repent before payday. Exercise daily – walk with the Lord. We don’t change God’s message – His message changes us. To get...

September means back to school time…. September can also include Back to Church Sunday Harvest-time – a time for gratitude and giving Some spiritual encouragement for your readers For many people, September means going back into a challenging situation… Some miscellaneous observations on life ** September means back to school time…. Anyone who stops learning...

Living in chaos? Perhaps this summer you have temporarily escaped from a bad situation in your daily life, and are dreading going back…   There is no situation so chaotic that God cannot, from that situation, create something that is surpassingly good.  He did it at creation.  He did it at the cross.  He is doing...

Editor:  With the ending of the school year, many of us face big changes Keep praying but be thankful that God’s answers are wiser than your prayers! – William Culbertson First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus I was trained from the beginning to...

With Trinity Sunday in mind: How can God be One and Three at the same time?   Perhaps the Father is like the sun in the sky – dazzling in majesty and glory, whose light, Jesus Christ, illumines all mankind; and whose invisible warmth, the Holy Spirit, brings us to life.  Sun, light and warmth –...

30th May is Ascension Day…. Hail the day that sees him rise To his throne above the skies; Christ, a while to mortals given, Re-ascends his native heaven. Charles Wesley Astronauts sink into insignificance beside this ascension! Vance Havner Christ was taken up into heaven, not to enjoy blessed rest at a distance from us,...

With Easter in mind… With our Christian faith in mind…  Miscellaneous observations on daily life   With Easter in mind… Who delivered up Jesus to die?  Not Judas, for money; not Pilate, for fear; not the Jews, for envy; but the Father, for love! – Octavious Winslow The world cannot bury Christ.  The earth is...

With Lent in mind… There is no higher priority in the believer’s life than to delight himself in the love of Christ. Maurice Roberts Of all the things that will surprise us in the Resurrection morning, this I believe, will surprise us most: that we did not love Christ more before we died.   J C...

With Valentine’s Day and Love in mind: It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when he loves. – Bulwer Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterward. – Madame Scuderi Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. – E F J von Munch-Bellinghausen...

With New Year resolutions in mind: Great ideas need landing gears as well as wings. C D Jackson What is the use of travelling at a fast speed when you are going in the wrong direction? Bernhard Langer Most of us would get along well if we used the advice we give to others. Anon...

Thoughts on the Incarnation The Son came out from the Father to help us to come out from the world; He descended to us to enable us to ascend to Him.  Anthony of Padua Christ became what we are that He might make us what He is.  Athanasius I hope your Christmas has had a...

With All Saints Day (1st November) in mind…. With Remembrance Sunday (11th November) in mind… With ‘Christ the King’ Sunday (- last Sunday before Advent, 25th November) in mind… Some miscellaneous observations on faith and on life ** With All Saints Day (1st November) in mind…. For the early Christians koinonia was not the frilly...