Monday 28 January 2019 We are continuing with a series of daily devotions which are inspired by the book Pray and Build, by Stephen Matthew. This week our theme is Talking with God about People Helping People. Each day Thomas Halley will be choosing the Bible passages and writing the first part, and then one […]

Saturday 26 January 2019 1 Peter 4:10-11 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the […]

Friday 25 January 2019 Yesterday we prayed for our work. Those of us who earn money from our work could easily conclude that it is our money and we can do what we want with it because we worked hard for it. But God has something to say about that attitude: Deuteronomy 8:17-18 You may […]

Thursday 24 January 2019 Proverbs 14:23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Pray for your work When we use the word ‘work’, we are not limiting this to mean ‘paid employment’. Work is about being productively busy, actively doing things to look after ourselves, other people, our home […]

Wednesday 23 January 2019 James 5:13-16 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you ill? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer […]

Tuesday 22 January 2019 Mark 12:28-31 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, ‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the […]

Tuesday 22 January 2019 Mark 12:28-31 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, ‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the […]