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Romans 12:1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices.” Walter Lewis Wilson was an American doctor in the 19th century. A visiting speaker once asked him: “Who is the Holy Spirit to you?” Wilson answered: “One of the Persons of the Godhead –Teacher, Guide, Third…

Matthew 25:40 “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” God has given us all responsibilities. We are responsible. Break down that word: Response-able. But beyond that, we are, according to Jesus, response-bound. Faced with the needs that surround us, we…

Philippians 3:19,20 “Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven.” In 1 Peter, the apostle addresses his recipients as ‘God’s elect, strangers in the world’ (1:1). Are we living as strangers in the world, with our true citizenship in heaven, or are we making ourselves a little too comfortable here? The…

1 Timothy 6:6,7 “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” Living in Africa, I see a huge amount of physical suffering and poverty on a daily basis. And yet I also see many people with minimal possessions live contented lives…

Watch the video here! Psalm 66:9-12 “You, O God, laid burdens on our backs… and kept our feet from slipping… You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.” Psalm 66 is a song of praise to God for saving his people…

Psalm 139:13,14 “You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” We live in an age obsessed with image, with popularity, with appearance. Striving for acceptance, it’s easy to feel the need to put a mask on and be somebody else. Brennan Manning wrote of his…

Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Hope brings life, purpose and direction. Without hope, the soul shrivels. I’ve seen it in the lives of many people languishing in refugee camps where they have lost everything. People often die for lack of hope before they…

Hebrews 10:39 “But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.” Listen to the words of a persecuted pastor in the Sudan, having gone through decades of oppression, injustice and pain: St James says: “Resist the devil and he will flee.” How do we…

Hebrews 11:13 “All of these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance.” Lawrence of Arabia said: “Everyone dreams, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in…

Hebrews 12:1 “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” A certain man went into business, but his venture was a total flop. He switched to politics but within only one year that didn’t work out either. He tried his hand for a second time at business, but failed again. That meant…