Thought for the day (Page 17)

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)

Out of the mouths

I recall an occasion when preaching, and asked the listeners, “Why did God choose blood for the forgiveness of sin, and not some other method?”  This was at a church where even an “Amen” was seldom heard. At the end of the service a young man, and a much younger Christian, shook my hand and…

Divine intervention?

As you can imagine, a talk by John Bell from the Iona community, a veteran contributor to the “other” TFTD on radio 4, was always going to be popular at Greenbelt. But with a title of “Did God save Donald Trump?” it was guaranteed to be a sell out! John Bell started with the premise…

Pray for your town

Watching Bournemouth versus West Ham United with over 60 000 fans was a wonderful, exciting experience. Rev. Steve Mann and I had a lovely summer warm evening supporting West Ham United, Steve’s team. We were there physically. The atmosphere was electric as both teams took to the field, with funds buzzing in anticipation of a…

New clothes

This week on ‘Field of Dreams’, the lads got invited to an evening with the British Ambassador in Kolkutta. Dress code was formal and of course none of them had suits, so Freddie took them along to an Indian bespoke tailor where they were all measured up and could choose fabrics for their new outfits.…

In flood

A river in flood is powerful and daunting; to cross safely is risky and requires good local knowledge. According to the bible, as the leadership of Moses gave way to that of Joshua one of the new leaders first tasks was to get the people across the Jordan into Canaan, their ‘Promised Land.’ The vision…

A quiet life

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Claire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; and indeed you do love all the brothers…

URGENT PRAYER?

Have you ever contacted an organisation by phone, online or email and received an automatic response such as “Good customer service is very important to us and we aim to respond to you within 2 working days. However, we are currently experiencing a higher volume of emails so please bear with us if we are unable to respond to you within this time”. Sometimes with a…

Love mercy

I recently attended the Greenbelt festival for the first time, and experienced typical bank holiday festival weather, (for some of the time). That didn’t dampen our spirits and we took the opportunity to listen to some fantastic speakers. I am going to try and describe some of the treasure that was shared with us in…

Live Your Own Life

Today’s thought is brought to us by Rev Paulson Devasahayam “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us”. Hebrews 12:1 b Recently, I faced a knee injury while playing in the Two Counties Cricket Championship. The injury occurred as I jumped over a fence to retrieve a ball heading toward the…

At the end of the tunnel

My husband and I enjoyed watching Canal Boat Diaries recently on television. We have always fancied having a holiday on one but we would want to have a Captain on board steering the boat for us. I believe that it is quite difficult to steer them and I reckon I would probably end up crashing…