Thought for the day (Page 69)

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)

Dead Sea or Living Water?

The Thought for the Day is from John 7 v 38.Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them The Dead Sea is so salty that it contains no fish or plant life. What accounts for this unusual condition? There are absolutely no outlets! A great volume of…

Down and out!

I’ve just found my diary entry for exactly a year ago. Must have been a bad day… There’s a quote from Psalm 90: 9-10 “All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.  Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best…

A Break from the Image

Reindeer feature in our lives from the earliest years of faith; not our Christian Faith but our faith in the arrival of Father Christmas, or whatever the benevolent giver of Christmas presents is called in your family. The arrival of the mysterious gift giver is partially dependent on the good behaviour of the child, in…

Mr and Mrs Brown!

For anyone that doesn’t know, I recently left my job, got married, left home and started a new job all within the space of 8 days. In no way was that what was outlined in the Grand Plan which we had spent over 2 years concocting. I never planned to give myself quite so much…

Location, location

A while ago I wrote on a thought for the day about the importance of open-air preaching in Wesley’s time. Last Sunday I had the opportunity to join in the open-air service on Orford Quay, organised by Stephen Cayley from Orford Methodist chapel annually. I had never been before but am pleased I made it…

What does all this mean?

I was recently reading a passage from Romans (chapter 9: 30-32) “What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place.But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God…

The perfect life

Just on the off chance that you think that the above picture is of Karen and I on our recent holiday in Cornwall, relaxing in the sunshine, I’m sorry to disappoint you, although the sea was that lovely turquoise colour and the sun shone most of the time, and we spent a lot of time…

Loss comes to us all

The Thought for the Day is taken from Isaiah 53 v 4.Surely, he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1982. In the first 15 years 54,000 items were left at the Wall. It still…

Too good to be true?

My mother tells this story about growing up after the war with her two older brothers.  They never usually wanted her to include her in their games, especially when they were pretending to be soldiers – marching round the garden with sticks for guns!  However, on this particular day, they invited her to join in.…

My Day in Court

Occasionally circumstances are such that it is necessary to go to Court. The reasons vary from being on a jury to being the accused person. There is a difference between a civil case and a criminal case but for all except those working in the judicial system, the process is rather daunting and may even…