Month: March 2022

In the Bible, we read of many occasions when God spoke to his people in various ways. Some people ask whether he still does that today. Well, recently he spoke to my good friend Amy Sampson through a dream, and this is what she had to say about it.
Continue reading “amy’s Dream, By Amy Sampson.”

Imagine what an honour it was to have been chosen as one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. How would we have felt if we were present on the day our Saviour said: “follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”? That special dozen must have been an incredible group, right? Except we know they weren’t. As we read the gospels, we discover they were just ordinary people with struggles and weaknesses like you and me. They included a denier, a doubter, and even a betrayer. Do you find that off-putting? Perhaps it feels like a bit of a let-down. Well it doesn’t for me. in fact, it’s the total opposite. Reading about these flawed but favoured men encourages me that if Jesus could use them despite everything, then he can use me too.
Continue reading “Doubted, Denied, Betrayed.”

My theme for this devotional is the promise of the rainbow. It was inspired by a rainbow I saw in the sky recently while traveling in my car. In Genesis chapter 9 verses 13-17, God is speaking. “I will set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, this is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.”
Continue reading “the Promise of The Rainbow, By Pastor Peter Norris.”

When I was about seven years old, I attended a kids’ Bible teaching course during which we were taught the names of the first five books of the Bible. I was very proud to learn them, even though the words sounded funny to me. However, I guess it must have given me a thirst to know more about God’s word, because some time later when my mother and I were sitting out in the garden, I asked if she would read to me. She wondered what I wanted her to read, and I rather proudly announced that I wanted her to read the book called Numbers. Looking back, I think Numbers fascinated me the most because the word was familiar. I already knew something about numbers from doing maths at school. My mother did honour my request, but we soon realised that the first few chapters of Numbers aren’t ideal reading material for a young child, and I think we moved onto something more suitable. Whenever I read through the Bible and I get to Numbers, I always smile as I think back to that day, and I wonder if my mother remembers it too.
Continue reading “Nuggets In The Numbers.”