Author: Alex

I was reading a devotional the other day when the song ‘Keep right on to the end of the road’ came to mind. So let us start by looking at this song.
Continue reading “Keep Right On To The End Of The Road, By Pastor Peter Norris.”

“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the centre of your life.” (Philippians 4: 6-7 in the Message translation.)
Continue reading “Freedom Day!”

Thanks to my lovely friend Nozi for this beautiful devotional.
“He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones; he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy; though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked. my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so, I say, “My endurance has perished; so, has my hope from the Lord.”” (Lamentations 3: 4-9, 17-18 ESV)
Continue reading “Lament, By Nozipho Khanda.”

When you’ve been a Christian all your life, it’s very easy to fall into the trap of resting on your laurels. I say that from experience, because as I’ve shared on more than one occasion, I can’t honestly tell you when I came to know Jesus. I grew up believing in him, and I’ve constantly seen his miraculous hand of blessing and provision in my life.
Continue reading “Finish Well.”

As we continue to emerge from this last fifteen months, which have been strange to say the least, a question we may well need to ask ourselves is this: Where is our security?
Continue reading “Insecure In The World; Secure In Christ, By Pastor Peter Norris.”

During this series of devotionals we are considering Romans chapter 8 verse 1, where it says there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. In part one we established that there is a struggle in the Christian life. However, that struggle is without condemnation. Remember? “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” That verse can be understood as the topic verse for all of Romans 8, since everything Paul says all the way through to verse 39 is simply defined as “No condemnation”.
Continue reading “No Condemnation (Part 2), By Rev. Ernie Banwell”

Many thanks to Ernie for writing this week’s devotional.
I’d like us to consider one verse today. It’s a verse I’m sure you all know. It comes from Romans chapter 8 verse 1, and it says: “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” For those who are in Christ Jesus, not today, not tomorrow, not next week, not next year, but NOW, there is no condemnation. This is going to be the best news you’ve ever heard. But it is not always easy to believe.
Continue reading “No Condemnation (Part 1), by Rev. Ernie Banwell.”

There are only two passages in the Bible I could confidently quote from memory. Even then, I’m not sure I could count on a hundred percent accuracy. The first is the Lord’s prayer, and the second is Psalm 23. I’ve written before about how over-familiarity with a passage can lead us to miss out on its full meaning. Yet I had an amazing experience with Psalm 23 a few weeks back that made me realise it wasn’t just the depths of beauty in the Psalm I was failing to understand, but more frighteningly, the Shepherd himself.
Continue reading “My Shepherd In The Valley.”

In my last devotional, I left the challenge, it was time to get out of the boat and leave the last year behind, which due to the pandemic has affected our lives. However, as we move out of Lockdown we must evaluate and allow ourselves to break free of those restrictions, for if we are not careful some habits formed by lock down could become new comfort zones. As we revaluate what lies ahead in ‘The new normal’, we ask what is God saying to us?
Continue reading “You Cannot Change The Past, But You Can Mould The Future, By Pastor Peter Norris.”

I have recently been reading Ephesians chapter 1 as part of a group Bible study, and I was struck by Paul’s references to adoption. In verse 5, he says: “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” Then in verse 11, he goes on to say: “Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.” As I read those verses, I can’t help feeling incredibly loved. And I hope you do too.
Continue reading “Adopted Into God’s Family”