Thought for the day on 2 wheels!(This series of Thoughts for the Day were inspired whilst taking a week’s break in Eastbourne with my friend Rev Rach Ward, a Minister in the Leeds South and West Circuit, previously a Local Preacher in the Ipswich Circuit) 1. Going round the bend On our first morning in…
How many people have heard of Jabez? It’s not a name that immediately springs to mind, but he has a very simple prayer that can be found in the book of Chronicles. The early chapters of Chronicles appears to be a list of the various clans from Adam to Abraham, and then suddenly this short…
As some people may know, I enjoy cycling. However, on this particular day I was driving along one of the narrow country lanes around Elmsett. The road was single carriageway with lush green but rather overgrown hedges. As I came to a bend a lady approached in her car from the opposite direction. Having reversed…
This morning I am grateful for an image posted on my Facebook page by Rachael Wainwright. It shows an ordinary coffee mug that has probably been dropped on the floor and lays smashed into pieces. The image beside it is the mug transformed into a fun plant pot. There are times in our lives, or…
What is contentment? Is it being satisfied with what you’ve got? Is it an acceptance that although you want more you have enough? What are the dangers of contentment? Complacency, taking your “eye of the ball?” Spiritual drift, forgetting to keep God at the centre of all we do. In an earlier Thought for the…
We’ve all failed at times. David failed big time – he had defeated the Philistines, he was the rightful king, yet that wasn’t enough. He wanted someone else’s wife, and he was prepared to do anything, even murder to get her. He thought he had got away with it, but just as any good thriller…
We are all under pressure at times – deadlines to meet, demands made by others, time pressure, financial pressure, losing car keys, health scares. Pressure comes in many forms, and like London buses pressures often come one after another. We might cry out “what else can happen!?” David was a man who knew pressure. He…
Are you looking forward to gathering together to worship in church? It is not just about being able to sing hymns again, and it’s not just about meeting up again. For me it’s also about resetting my spiritual compass and acknowledging my spiritual roots. This psalm is written at a time when David has defeated…
It’s easy to praise God when everything is going right and when the sun shines. However, when we’ve messed up, or when bad things happen how do we praise God? David had messed up. Psalm 34 was written after God had delivered him from King Achish the king of Gath, one of the Philistine kings.…
Although there are many psalms of praise, Psalm 145 is the only psalm specifically identified as a Psalm of praise. The entire psalm speaks of praise, of why we are to praise God and then words in praise of God. One question Antony Billington explores in his bible study on this psalm is how God…