Two stories, two songs portraying that the good news is for everyone. The first very pertinent to the season happened one Christmas eve during World War I, the soldiers had hoped they would be home by Christmas. German soldiers on one side and the British soldiers on the other and after a whole day of fighting, …

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Advent The Word Advent comes from the Latin ‘Adventus’ which means ‘Arrival’ or ‘Coming’. This is the time for us to PREPARE for the celebration of Jesus and His coming. It doesn’t have to be all about spending money, the season has lost its way and it’s up to us to bring the true meaning back. …

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This Psalm may have only three verses but there is so much allegory in it that it has proven really hard to condense to a bite-size. ‘How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity’ King David knew the value of unity, he was told in 2 Samuel 12:10 that the …

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“Until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob…. let us go into His dwelling place, let us worship at His footstool.” There are so many threads we can follow through the Bible, on my study during lent I found I followed the blood line, the scarlet …

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‘Don’t wrestle just nestle’ Corrie ten Boom There are things that are just too hard! where we can’t carry on! Too big to fathom, too complicated to understand, figure out, fix or fight. Exhausted from the constant struggle we come to the end of our own resources for we just can’t press on, can’t do it!  Like a toddler worn out …

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We live in a fast-food, minimal effort vs. huge entitlement society, where we want instant returns for the least or no sacrifice. Sin is a swear word for we have removed all boundaries and do as each feels right according to our own conscience; however even this is being slowly eroded, for what we did not accept as …

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As we know the Psalms of Ascents were sung during the pilgrimage journey back to Jerusalem, a return home – representing a coming back to the heart of God – a journey of self-discovery, where things that had been kept deep and buried now resurface.  What every pilgrim journey does is gives you time, time to think; time to …

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The second cause of happiness according to this Psalm is eating of the fruit of your labour (v.2) which comes with a promise of blessing and prosperity.  There is a condition attached though: Work! The lazy person will always put things off, sleep too much, make excuses, waste time,  have lack and live in poverty …

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Psalm 128 (part 1) the UK government was working on a National Survey to measure happiness in the country and the ten factors that were most likely to cause it. The first verse of this Psalm gives us the answer: ‘Happy is every one that fears the Lord and walks in His ways’ … The …

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On my wall I have a heart with the words I wrote in chalk on it: ‘Perfect family under construction’… and we are just that! A work in progress. As a parent of three I was very soon  fully aware of how inept I felt for the job,  how my every decision and choice concerning …

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