Dear Friends Mark 16:  6 - 8   ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. 7But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee;...

Dear Friends Sorry, I don't seem to be able to manage an email more than once a week! Isaiah 49:  5, 6   5And now the LORD says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honoured in the...

Dear Friends Colossians 3 verses 23, 24   23Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters, 24since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.    The overriding...

Dear Friends Mark I:  11, 13   11And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.' 12And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the...

Dear Friends Ephesians 4:  25, 26   25So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. 26Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,   This small passage comes in the middle of...

Dear Friends Luke 15:  18, 19   '"18I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; 19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.’” You may well have identified...

Dear Friends Isaiah 2:  4, 5   4He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war...

Dear Friends 1 Corinthians 2:  7 - 11 we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9But, as it is written,...

Dear Friends 1 Corinthians 2:  7 - 11 we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9But, as it is...

Dear Friends Matthew 13:  24 - 30   24Jesus put before the crowd another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; 25but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away....

Dear Friends Sorry it's been such a long gap.  I've had a week off and am only just catching up! Malachi 3:  5 Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely,...