Stephen Lungu staggered forward to the stage, grabbed hold of the speaker’s feet and began to sob. That evening, he became a follower of Jesus Christ. The next morning he presented himself at the local
Newton is best known as the author of the hymn ‘Amazing Grace. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now I’m found, Was blind, but now I see.
John Newton was a militant atheist, bully and blasphemer. He was a wild and angry young man. He was press-ganged into the Navy at the age of eighteen where he broke the rules so recklessly that he was
Peace with ourselves Righteousness involves a right relationship with ourselves. You can know peace: ‘A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body. Anger, lack of forgiveness,
It is easy to trust God when things are going well. David urges, ‘Trust in, lean on, rely on, and have confidence in him at all times . Trusting in God at all times means trusting him not only when things
Saul started well but did not finish well. It is more important to finish well than to start well. In the New Testament, Saul (of Tarsus) started off very badly (as a persecutor of Jesus) but he finished
You can finish well. You may have had a bad start in life. You may have messed up along the way. You may have made mistakes. You may have regrets. But you can finish well and that is what matters most.
‘I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy’.Justice will prevail. Evil will not have the last word. When Jesus rose from the
Praying in Jesus’ name is about aligning yourself with Jesus. As you do this, your prayers harmonise with God’s desires for your life and you can pray that his will be done. You cannot do this on your
When we go to God in prayer we do not ask in our own names, but in the name of Jesus. On our own we have no right to ask anything. But Jesus, through the cross and resurrection, has made it possible for
One of the ways to honour the name of the Lord is to love and serve the marginalised: widows and orphans, the lonely, the homeless and those in prison.
There is great power in a name. Names are significant. This is true today, but it was even more so in the Hebrew culture we read about in the Bible. A Hebrew name is no mere label. The name of the Lord
Being stoned to death sounds a terrible way to die and yet there is something amazing about this scene. I don’t know of many who have seen the Father and the Son together. It was not so much that the crowd
Lord, thank you for the ways in which you use the times of suffering and grief to bring change in my life. Purify my heart and increase my compassion for others.
Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep. Like Stephen, be filled with the Holy Spirit overflowing with love, courage and forgiveness.
