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Psalm 53:1 “The fool says in his heart, ‘there is no God’.” Sir Isaac Newton, one of the great scientists of the 17th century, once built a model of the solar system as part of his ongoing studies. An atheist friend came to see him and asked him who had made the model. “Nobody!” Newton…

Watch the video here! Matthew 6:24 “You cannot serve both God and Money.” Sydney Harris wrote: “Money is a good servant but a poor master. The lure for gold is stronger than the human will, and with many a man it stands between his soul and his God. Someday it will be discovered that the…

1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith.” How aware are you there’s a fight to be fought, and how engaged are you in it? John Piper wrote: “Life is a war. That is not all it is, but it is always that.” Soren Kierkegaard talked of the many parade-ground Christians who wear the…

Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” When someone brought news to John Wesley that his home had been destroyed by fire, he exclaimed: “The Lord’s house burned? One less responsibility for me!” How could he react like that? Because he knew that, as the creed says: “All things come from…

2 Timothy 2:8,9 “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained.” Paul always insisted on ‘speaking the truth in love’ (Ephesians 4:15). Truth without love can damage people, whilst love without truth may placate but ultimately will…

1 Corinthians 15:9,10 “For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am.” Echoing the apostle Paul’s words above, the former slave trader, John Newton, with similarly plenty of…

John 16:33 “In this world you will have troubles; but take heart, I have overcome the world.” Are you feeling courageous today? Winston Churchill said: “Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.” In Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, Atticus says: “I wanted you to see what real courage…

Hebrews 9:27,28 “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” Not many people enjoy…

Watch the video here! Psalm 24:3,4 “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart.” In 1949, a great revival took place in the Hebrides. Seven men and two women had decided to pray and not stop until God…

Philippians 2:17 “But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.” I’m sure you’re probably like me in terms of feeling overwhelmed at times by the needs of this world. We see horrific pictures…