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Romans 13:11 “The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” As children, I’m guessing we all sang ‘Twinkle twinkle little star’ hundreds of times – but did we ever really wonder what they are? At any rate, the sheer fascination,…

Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” The film ‘Of Gods and Men’ was based on events in Algeria in the 1990s. Eight Cistercian monks were faced with the ultimatum…

Luke 14:21 “Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.” A jetlagged Tony Campolo was preaching in Hawaii but couldn’t sleep so went to a café at 3am. In walked a dozen prostitutes at the end of their night’s work.…

Matthew 22:29 “Jesus replied, ‘You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.’” Jesus was replying to a question from the Sadducees (who did not believe in the resurrection –which is why they were sad-you-see!). He accused them of not knowing the Scriptures. What could he mean? They…

2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 “May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” An old legend tells how a man was once lost for days in a dark forest…

Matthew 5:44,46 “But I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you… If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax-collectors doing that?” During the American Revolutionary War, a Baptist pastor called Peter Miller was good friends with General Washington. Miller lived in…

Acts 1:8 “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes…” A.W.Tozer observed: “Satan has fought the doctrine of the Spirit-filled life about as bitterly as any doctrine there is. He has confused it, opposed it, and surrounded it with false notions and fears. The Church has tragically neglected this great liberating truth that there…

Revelation 3:20 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” The verse above contains the most glorious invitation to each one of us. Will we decline or accept it? Jean-Francis Gaudet (1824-97)…

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE 1 John 3:18 “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” Mother Teresa was 85-years-old when she was invited to address the Presidential Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. This frail old lady, dressed as ever in her simple cheap clothing, passionately and eloquently…

Psalm 121:1,2 “I lift my eyes up to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” As the American Civil War continued unabated, a discouraged Abraham Lincoln used to seek refuge in a Presbyterian Church in Washington. The war was tearing both…