We sometimes doubt ourselves and we sometimes doubt God but this psalm is an encouragement. Verse 7 tells us: ‘Be at rest once more O my soul for the Lord has been good to you.’
Loving God, his people and our community
Loving God, his people and our community
'God's blessing' Tagged Sermons
The fourth Sunday of every month we’ve been getting our church family together, so we can have some band members who aren’t teaching at Sunday school and for the children to hear preaching. The Great Thing in the Bible we are looking at today is “‘Don’t be surprised when I tell you ‘You must be born […]
… because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Who thinks that the Christian life should be a life of joy and contentment? When did Jesus say we should rejoice? He told his disciples to rejoice that their names were written in heaven – where their identity was in Christ – and that he had saved […]
Blessed be the merciful for they will be shown mercy. When people suffer, they feel the people who have made them suffer should suffer too. That’s the norm. The beatitudes are not naturally the way we behave. We need help to be what God wants us to be: merciful. ‘A ladder of light’ is what Charles Spurgeon […]
We come with nothing; it is counter cultural. As we listen to Jesus we start to hear how to put right what is wrong, to get right with God. Jesus’ character shows us true meekness: “Meekness and majesty” (as one modern song writer puts it) Gentle and great Submissive to authority and authoritative Assertive but […]
The story of Ruth seems to come to an end in this chapter … or does it? Boaz meets with one of Elimelech’s relatives who could become Naomi’s kinsman-redeemer to continue Elimelech’s line. The man is interested in the land but when Boaz tells him the terms and conditions include marrying Ruth, he changes his […]