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Hebrews 11:8 “By faith Abraham… obeyed and went, even though he didn’t know where he was going.” We all want a sense that our lives have purpose and direction, and that we are ultimately ‘useful’ in some way. But what is the difference before God between being useful and useless? Oswald Chambers explains: “The aim…

1 Corinthians 15:58 “Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.” Last century a young man felt the call of God on his life to go to China. William Borden came from an affluent family and attended the prestigious Yale…

Matthew 10:16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves.” After stopping at an illegal drinking den, a Zimbabwean bus driver was dismayed to discover that the twenty mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting…

Watch the video here! Romans 9:17 “I raised you up for this purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Evariste Galois might have been as well-known as Albert Einstein, so why is it that this is probably the first time you’ve ever…

Luke 10:40 “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.” Martha’s motives may have been laudable, but Jesus is clear that ultimately her sister got it right. The Son of God was in the house! Mary was focused on him, Martha was distracted from him. It’s very easy to lose…

Philippians 1:6 “…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Sometimes it’s discouraging to see where we’ve got to. We still struggle in the same areas and don’t see the progress we’d hoped for. Or our life hasn’t…

Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed.” Choosing to live life spontaneously sounds appealing, but it won’t get you far. A fool or a sluggard fails to plan. He ‘does not plough in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing” (Proverbs 20:4) – he wastes…

Mark 9:24 “The boy’s father exclaimed, ‘I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!’” An Indian woman in South America was dying and a few Indian Christians and missionaries gathered to pray for her. She slipped into a coma and looked like a lost cause. When the missionaries had left, the Indian Christians organized another…

Galatians 5:16 “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” A cruel man with two dogs – one black and one white – organized regular fights between the two in a lucrative illegal operation in the backstreets of Birmingham. They were equally ferocious animals, and…

Acts 1:8 “You will receive power (dynamis) when the Holy Spirit comes, and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of the earth.” ‘dynamis’ is Greek for power. Obviously it’s where we get the word ‘dynamite’ from. At Pentecost, a ragtag fearful bunch of disciples were transformed into fearless, passionate firebrands who went out…