Learning from others Peter looks at the life lessons we can learn from the life of Joseph. From beginning to end the Bible has stories about the lives of different people. Each of these life-stories has been recorded so that we may learn lessons from them. (1Cor 10.1-14: Phil 3.17: 1Tim 4.12: Titus 2.7: 1Peter […]
God’s amazing choices
Do you feel unqualified to offer to pray for people or to talk to them about Jesus? Do you compare yourself with others who you feel are more spiritually ‘gifted’? Peter looks at how we overcome these feelings and trust God’s choices. God’s amazing choices In Acts 4 we are told about the healing of […]
Come up higher
Peter extends God’s invitation to us to come up higher. Come up Higher I was sat in a meeting, head bowed, eyes closed, in prayerful thought when I had the sense of looking down on myself from a raised elevation. The thought then came as an invitation to “Come up higher” and look at things […]
Creating a Spiritual Legacy
Creating a Spiritual Legacy Following on from the post ‘In God’s presence’ where we were introduced to Elijah and Elisha, Peter takes a look at the legacy Elijah left through his investment in Elisha. There comes a point in everyone’s life when you realise that you can no longer do what you once did! This […]
Forced to Leave
Forced to Leave Peter looks at times in the Bible where we see how refugees dealt with their circumstances and challenges us about what our response would be. Recently I have been drawn to the book of Ruth and found some relevance to current world events! Elimelech and Naomi with their two sons Mahlon and […]
A Bigger Jacket
A Bigger Jacket Following our Simply Jesus series, Peter Davey challenges us to look at ourselves to see if we have set limitations which prevent us growing in God. Surprise Following the months of lockdowns and restricted social interaction it has been quite amazing (although unsurprising really) as we have begun meet again to realise […]
In God’s Presence
Peter looks at the story of Elijah in 1Kings 17-19. What can we learn from Elijah’s relationship with God? In God’s Presence In 1Kings 17 Elijah bursts on to the pages of the history of the northern kingdom of Israel. Meeting King Ahab in Gilead he declares: “…there shall not be dew or rain these […]
Hope
Hope As we look forward to Christmas Day, Peter Davey writes about our need for hope and where we can find it. Hope … a word we have heard repeatedly through 2020-21. All around the world people are crying out for HOPE, desperate for some certainty in the constantly shifting morass of life. To have […]
Room to Grow
Room to Grow Samuel would probably have been about 3yrs of age when his parents brought him to Shiloh in fulfilment of Hannah’s vow. (1Samuel 1.11, 21-28) Hannah had time and many reasons to change her mind: Elkanah could have cancelled the promise (Num. 30:10-15) Clearly her mind is steadfast, her preparations complete as `she […]
Radical Divine Reversal
Rev Dr Canon Andrew White Radical Divine Reversal Have you, like me, ever wondered what it might have been like to listen to Peter talk about how he escaped prison? (Acts 12:16-17) … or … Considered how exciting and awe-inspiring it would have been to have heard the report given by Paul and Barnabas in […]