Know As I Am Known In today’s post, Peter reflects on how much God loves us and knows us. A scary thought? One morning recently, as my usual time of quiet Bible reading and prayer came to an end, into my mind came the phrase ‘know as we are known…’ from the famous chapter: 1 […]
The Art of Letting Go
The Art of Letting Go Sometimes we get stuck looking back – usually at the bad times. We remember our hurts and often define ourselves by experiences in the past. But God, through Isaiah, tells us: ‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past’. Isaiah 43:18 It’s not always the bad things that […]
One Thing I Know
One Thing I Know Peter writes about the ‘one thing’ he knows. He also introduces us to various times when people in the Bible knew their ‘one thing’. Have you been through periods when you have no idea why your circumstances or events are taking place? A time (or times) when you have thought or […]
Learning from others
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 […]
Beyond exhaustion!
Although each year officially ends in December, to parents, pupils and teachers the year ends in July. Before we get into the busyness of getting away on holiday and getting ready for a new school year in September, Peter reminds us of the need to rest. Beyond exhaustion! Do you ever feel too tired to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ezra-Nehemiah part 2
Ezra-Nehemiah part 2 In this post we will look at the second five of the talks that made up a 10 part series on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The links to the podcasts are in the headings. Law & Order Peter took up Ezra’s story showing us how Ezra formalised the structure of […]