On Sunday 22 March our thoughts were a.o. by the deaths and victims of terrorist attacks like the one ten years ago at the airport in Zaventem and the underground station Maelbeek/Maalbeek. In Belgium, we remembered that 10 years ago, on 22 March 2016, the country was shaken by the two deadliest terrorist attacks… Read More Sunday service of 2026 March 22: the Love chapter
Happy indeed are those who can rise serenely above the disappointments of life which assail all at some time. Among these fortunates should be found the brethren and sisters of the Lord Jesus. They hold certain convictions which are all bound up with their complete trust in God and His word. If they suffer disappointment… Read More Today’s thought “Put not your trust in princes” (March 21)
However dark the national picture we can always find a faithful remnant who fear the Lord, and wait for the tokens of His Hand. We read of them as the Old Dispensation closes amid the darkness and sorrow in which the just retribution of God had left them: “Then they that feared the Lord spake… Read More Today’s thought “Waiting for the consolation” (March 10)
A man being Christ’s free man is a great reason why he should patiently endure the humiliations and bondages that belong to this life. Our present probation is only for a season, and that a short one. It will assuredly come to an end. The toil, and the monotony, and the weariness of body and… Read More Today’s thought “Christ’s free men” (February 24)
There are endless reasons to praise God, and many of them are included in the Book of Psalms. Yesterday in Psalm 89 we found a contemplative song by Ethan the Ezrahite, who wanted to make God’s faithfulness known with his mouth. (Psalm 89:1) We saw how the psalmist asked God to let heaven participate in… Read More Today’s thought “Reasons to praise God” (February 21)
Thus the analogy of the Mosaic parable to the realities in Christ is complete. The process of drawing men from alienation to glorification is clearly discernible in all its appointments. Humility of mind – circumcision of heart – enters the Christ-gateway, on receiving the gospel; offers the Christ-sacrifice, in being baptized into the death of… Read More Today’s thought “Consecration of the priests” (February 18)
The general ministration of Jesus ends when we rise from the waters of his mystic grave; general only because it is the experience of grace to all those who come to him in faith. It is a supreme and solitary occasion to the individual; a crisis in which he feels the cumulative power of all… Read More Today’s thought “A new life in Christ” (February 9)
The truth is calculated to impart joy, but the absence of joy is no necessary indication of the absence of our standing in His sight; for if we take David and Jesus, we find them both overborne with suffering. Take the Psalms of David; see how much they have to do with sleepless pillows, and… Read More Today’s thought “The suffering saints” (February 7)
There is no need for us to associate despondency and despair with the thought of appearing before the judgement seat of Christ. True, our sins and our failings are constant reminders of the possibility of our failure there. But Paul’s message to us is not intended to paralyse us with fear or to crush us… Read More Today’s thought ““So great is His mercy …”” (February 3)
Lord God, our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your glorious name. We approach your heavenly throne with humility. Lord we are thankful for all of the countless blessings you have given us, and above all, we are thankful for being called out of the world.Our eyes are looking forward to the hope of… Read More Millions of people in Iran in great peril, facing the most brutalities that only man can do its fellow man
We asked in Jesus name that we would not concentrate on contemporary things and that we could profit from our coming together. Grace taught our hearts to fear and grace. Getting older, the shining as to the sun, we then shall see yet still more grace than when we first began. Sweet is the sound… Read More Sunday morning service of January 18, 2026: the poor
Let us take note. God was in all David’s thinking. Many men send out distress signals to God as they are driven by a wild sea towards a rocky shore. Few seek Him as they come gently into harbour under a blue sky. The dangers of blue skies are often greater to the believer than… Read More Today’s thought “The guidance of God” (January 15)
When the storm is past, the clouds disperse; light will break forth; the sun will pour its healing beams from a cloudless sky; all nature will smile through her tears. His kingdom alone will prevail, and all the children of wisdom in unutterable thanksgiving will rejoice in the arrival of the glorious, long-promised day when… Read More Today’s thought “Abraham and his seed” (January 06)
There is something very touching about the courage and faith and self-sacrifice of the small farmer who, when sowing time comes, must take of his little store of seed and give it up, sacrificing it beyond recall when he places it in its bed of earth. The loss may mean less food for many days;… Read More Today’s thought “Sowing in tears” (March 14)
In the sermon of this morning we spoke about the lost son, but also of youngsters who disappeared for some time, like a young man living for four years unnoticed at Heathrow airport. In Ecclesiastes the author encourages people to enjoy life while they are young — before the troubles of old age described in… Read More In the days of our youth
To our limited perceptions it may seem terrible that God should curse man for his sins, and that so many tragedies should be enacted during this period of selection and probation; but surely it would be vastly more terrible if God had started life on earth, and then without a care for any of His… Read More Today’s thought “The curse of Eden” (January 02)
1 John 2 – There are plenty of people and plenty of activity going on, but neither the people nor what they are doing has any interest for those who are Christ’s. In this respect we suffer with him, even if we are not the objects of direct persecution. We are not at liberty to… Read More Today’s thought “Walking as he walked” (December 16)
Job 9 – God knows when the good things are safe and when the evil things are needed; and the scriptural attitude is to accept, with a reverential submission, whatever comes; if good, with thanksgiving; if evil, with resignation. It would be altogether a mistake to assume that goodness only will be our lot, or… Read More Reverential submission
Hebrews 13 – Have we no promise that God will be with us in our difficulties? If anyone doubt it, he has but to recall the words of Paul in Hebrews 13, where he applies a promise to us which, without his guidance, we might have lacked boldness to appropriate. He says (verse 5): “Let… Read More I will never leave thee
Hebrews 12 – It is no sign that a man is deserted of God that he falls into trouble; all depends upon the nature and effect of trouble and the attitude of the man. It is no sign that a man is favoured of God that he prospers like a green bay tree; it all… Read More The chastening rod
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