Every day we post a Thought for the day written by someone within the circuit. Some are very light hearted and some are very deep theologically with all bases between covered.
We hope these will encourage, uplift and make you reflect but most of all we hope you enjoy reading these small daily snippets and take some inspiration on your daily journey
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go” (Genesis 28:15)
Psalm 145 v 18The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth When Paul was seven years old his grandfather was caretaker of a wooded estate. One Autumn evening he took his toy gun, called for his dog Pal, and headed down a path into the woods. Soon, though,…
It’s so easy to make our prayer times purely times for asking. Jesus encourages us to ask, especially in His name, and so asking is important. But what about the other types of prayer? In the story of the Ten Lepers in Luke 17 we hear of how ten men suffering from this dreadful disease…
There are two things that are meant to improve your chances of selling your house; the smell of freshly ground coffee and freshly baked bread. Apparently, the aroma of freshly baked bread evokes pleasant memories of childhood – and has more to do with chemistry than it does psychology. In an effort to cut down…
As a child growning up in the sixties, I remember our family having a huge respect for food, which we don’t seem to have today. Dinner was plated up and put in front of you and you were expected to eat what mum had cooked and eat all of it, we weren’t allowed to be…
I have heard friends say that they have stopped listening to the news. It is always full of bad things and disasters that it just makes them feel worse so they give up. I have a good deal of sympathy for this view as I often find myself either shouting back at the TV or…
There is nothing quite like a dispute over inheritance to bring out the worst in families or amongst friends or other benefactors if there is perceived unfairness. The deceased may have thought hard about the reasons for the way the estate is to be apportioned, and may have seen the needs or behaviours of others…
Barnabas, which means ‘son of encouragement’, appears as one of the most attractive and interesting of the minor characters in the New Testament. He appears mostly in the book of Acts with a couple of incidental references to him in 1 Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians and 1 Timothy. The record in Scripture tells us that Barnabas…
Proverbs 4 v 25.Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you A gentleman had always heard that if a farmer keeps his eyes on a distant object while he’s ploughing, he’ll make a straight furrow. So, he tested the principle when he mowed his lawn. Sure enough, his first cut was a…
Over the last few months, I’ve had the honour to receive so many messages in all shapes and forms from people telling me they are praying for me. One or two came from people I didn’t even know but who had heard of my situation from mutual friends. The love and support which came through…
Did you know that Greenland was in fact named by the Norwegian-born Icelandic Viking Erik the Red who was exiled there for manslaughter? He named it Greenland in an effort to entice travellers to settle there. Far from being green, over 80% of Greenland is covered by a pure white ice sheet, and is the…