Friday: 20th December, 2019 When you find yourself with five loaves and two fish, but thousands to feed; Look up! When you find yourself between a rock and a hard place, Look up! When you find yourself between charging chariots and the vast ocean, Look up! When you face a seemingly impossible situation with no... Continue Reading →

Thursday: 19th December, 2019 Reference text: Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 Judges 13:8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. The name of the Apostle Thomas came... Continue Reading →

Wednesday 18th December, 2019 Reference: Matthew 1:1-20 Matthew 1:20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. There was... Continue Reading →

Tuesday: 16th December, 2019 Reference text: Matthew 1:1-17 Matthew 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. Human actions may have changed over time, but the internal... Continue Reading →

Monday: 16th December, 2019 Reference text: Matthew 21:23-27 Matthew 21:25, 26 Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from humans?" They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, 'From humans,' we are afraid of... Continue Reading →

Sunday: 15th December, 2019 The third Sunday of Advent is referred to as 'Gaudete' or 'rejoicing' Sunday. On this day therefore, the concept of a half- filled or half- empty glass comes to mind. A similar story is told of two buckets at a well: one was always happy and the other, gloomy and sad.... Continue Reading →

Saturday: 14th December, 2019 Psalm 80:3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Today's Psalm cast my mind back to the way in which God suggested that the children of Israel be blessed in Numbers 6:25: 'The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious... Continue Reading →

Friday: 13th December, 2019 Reference text: Isaiah 48:17-19 Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. 'Would have been' and 'could have been' often hint at missed opportunities: if things had been a certain... Continue Reading →

Thursday: 12th December, 2019 Reference: Isaiah 41:13-20 Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: In what appears to be a text better understood with a... Continue Reading →