Thought for December 15th. “WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE OUGHT YOU TO BE …..
Today's readings.. (Job 18,19), (Zephaniah 1), (2 Peter 3), As Peter completes his second letter he asks a question “Since all these things are thus to be dissolved what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness
Thought for December 14th. “IF THESE QUALITIES ARE YOURS”
Today's readings.. (Job 16,17), (Habakkuk 3), (2 Peter 1,2), Ah, that little word – “IF” again! Our quotation above is from today’s readings in 2nd Peter, chapters 1 & 2 This is Peter’s final message
Thought for December 13th. “IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY”
Today's readings.. (Job 15), (Habakkuk 2), (1 Peter 3,4,5), We all love beautiful things, but what one person sees as beautiful another does not. The saying is that ‘beauty is in the eye of the
Thought for December 12th. “THAT BY IT YOU MAY GROW UP”
Today's readings.. (Job 13), (Nahum 3), (1 Peter 1), We all have either grown up or we are growing up – but in reading Peter’s first letter today we meditate on what he
Thought for December 11th. “YOU WHITEWASH WITH LIES”
Today's readings.. (Job 13), (Nahum 3), (1 Peter 1), When we were young ‘whitewash’ was used a lot, it was a very cheap sort of white ‘paint’ you could quickly put on walls, even
Thought for December 10th. “YOU HAVE SEEN THE PURPOSE OF THE LORD”
Today's readings.. (Job 12), (Nahum 1,2), (James 5) Have you seen it? The context of the above statement we read today in the Epistle of James is most interesting – and challenging! We can say
Thought for December 9th. “MY GOD WILL HEAR ME”
Today's readings.. (Job 11), (Micah 7), (James 3,4) This is how the final chapter of the prophecy Micah begins, ‘Woe is me’! Much of this chapter, as with his previous chapters, pictures the lawless attitudes
Thought for December 8th. “FAITH BY ITSELF … IS DEAD”
Today's readings.. (Job 10), (Micah 6), (James 2) The Epistle of James is particularly remembered for its message about faith. Faith is a vital factor in our salvation, but the genuineness of our faith is
Thought for December 7th. “WHICH GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO …”
Today's readings.. (Job 9), (Micah 5), (James 1) We have 3 most interesting and thought provoking readings today! We see Job wrestling with his concept of what God is and how he “does great things