Listen ‘Six days you shall labour, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the ploughing season and harvest you must rest.’ Ex 34:21 (NIVUK) Reflect Yes, even during ploughing and harvest. A few months ago, we were putting together the last arrangements for the Lifesprings’ Weekend Together 2019 in Lyon. Most of the big pieces were in […]
Breather Month: Reflection 3
Listen “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I shall not be shaken. (Psalm 62:5-6) Reflect After a particularly long, arduous week both physically, mentally and emotionally I awoke this morning with the words “find rest o my soul […]
Breather Month: Reflection 2
Listen “But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul in me”. (Psalm 131:2) Reflect This verse speaks to me afresh due to the birth of a new granddaughter a few weeks ago. Have a look at the picture: baby Emmy Elefteria has […]
Breather Month: Reflection #1
Listen “He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?’ Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was [at once] a great and wonderful calm [a perfect peacefulness].” (Matthew 8:26 Amplified Bible) Reflect Fear gripped my heart, stronger than my hands holding the steering controls! […]
ROL: Grasping His Depth of Love
Listen: “And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.” (Ephesians […]
ROL: Experiencing the Abundant Life
Listen: “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV) Reflect: I am writing today’s reflection early, trusting He who speaks to us knows what is to come in ten days’ time. […]
ROL: Receiving
Listen: “I stretch out my hands to Thee; my soul longs for Thee, as a parched land.” (Psalm 143:6) Reflect: When my 95-year-old father suffered a stroke, the brain damage caused him to cry out in terror every few minutes. To cope with this uncontrollable urge, he redirected his shouts to praise, thanksgiving, singing, reciting […]
ROL: Uniting
Listen: “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” (Colossians 3:14 NRSV) Reflect: Uniting – when I first saw the theme for this day, my heart went back to the 1970s when I first gave mine to Christ. Two choruses came to mind, the first, ‘We are one in […]
ROL: Living Generously
Listen: “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.” (2 Corinthians 9:11) Reflect: Have you ever given your wallet to someone and said, “please use what you need!” ? That is basically what happened in the parable of […]