Exploring Scripture

Today's thought: the nature of the environment in which a child is raised has the deepest influence on its life.

Today's thought: in the economy of heaven, purity is the door-opener to the things of heaven.

Today's thought: obscurity is often the sphere where God does much of his deepest shaping of a life.

Today's thought: the strategies of Satan range from subtle deceptions to open warfare.

Today's thought: being in the will of God is totally fulfilling but it is costly. It involves a cross.

Today's thought: God has a real heart for the nobodies of this world. Perhaps we ought to emulate him.

Today's thought: here we see the providential, sparked by the prophetic, moving governmental wheels.

Today's thought: God, at times, will do things that are way beyond our own experience and understanding.

Today's thought: the conception of Jesus, the Son of God, sparkles with miracles. Do not miss them.

Today's thought: God does not forget our prayers. He is the Absolutely Reliable One. His timing is perfect.

Today's thought: amidst all the tumults of the earth, and the silences of heaven, God is always active.

Today's thought: we need to ask Jesus to show us how he sees the Old Testament Scriptures.

Today's thought: before all things began, God chose you, your birthday, and the hour of your conversion.

Today's thought: he came down in order to lift us up. He came all the way to us because we were lost and stuck.

Today's thought: before God named Adam, he chose you, named you, and saw your place in his purposes.

Today's thought: our conversations, like those of the Godhead, need to be primarily creative and constructive.

Today's thought: at the heart of the Godhead is a loving relationship. That needs to be modelled among us.

Today's thought: the mysteries of God are designed to invoke worship and wonder.

Today's thought: “I believe there is no one deeper, lovelier, more sympathetic and more perfect than Jesus – not only is there no one else like him, there never could be anyone like him.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Today's thought: “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known" (1 Corinthians 13:12).

Today's thought: Eugene Peterson wrote: “we cannot domesticate the holy. Moses did not take a photograph of the burning bush to take home to show his wife and children. Isaiah’s singing angels were not accompanied by a Handel’s oratorio, which he then purchased on a CD for later listening at his leisure. John didn’t reduce his vision of Jesus into charts which he used to entertain."

Today's thought: the outcome of the life and the letter of James – that which he left behind him – has touched millions of lives. What will you and I leave behind us as a legacy? What will people remember us for?

Today's thought: there is an old hymn, written by a twenty-two-year-old, that contains these words: “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it...”180 Out of a sense of personal fragility comes the best help for those who are struggling.

Today's thought: prayer is firstly a gift, by which we encounter and build our walk with the Lord, and then it is a responsibility on behalf of others.

Today's thought: one of the best gifts that you can give to another is your gracious, merciful, understanding and listening ears.