Exploring Scripture

Today's thought: “Within me is both a dove and a wolf,” said the young novice monk to the desert Father. “I am afraid the wolf will win. What shall I do?” The wise Father replied, “Feed the one and s…

Today's thought: Falling into temptation is never an isolated act. It has a background in our hearts...

Today's thought: Trials and temptations are there, not to strip our faith, but to strengthen our faith.

Today's thought: Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt.6:21) The Preacher’s Commentary says, “Gathering earthly treasures is not a great enough cause by which to …

Today's thought: Our attitude towards money and possessions is a good litmus test of whether or not, in God’s sight, we are rich or poor. We either hold them tightly or lightly.

Today's thought: Jesus taught that our attitude to the least of his brethren actually reflects our attitude towards the Lord himself. (Matt.25:40)

Today's thought: Insecurity in any relationship is never constructive; it is always damaging. How secure are you in God’s love? Do you know in your heart that he loves you?

Today's thought: The landscape of life is littered with the wreckage of projects and schemes that have been attempted for God with little or no reference to him. Better to get close to him, to listen…

Today's thought: Living in a culture that finds difficulty with any form of long-term commitment, where will I be in my walk with Jesus in about twenty years from now?

Today's thought: Our attitudes and our responses to trials will tell the true story about the levels and the maturity of our faith. We cannot choose the circumstances, but we can choose our responses…

Today's thought: The Lord knows where he has placed us, and for what reason. His word can reach us wherever we are, and can nourish us in our faith.

Today's thought: The Bible teaches that “we have this treasure in jars of clay” (2 Cor 4:7). You, and your brothers and sisters in Christ, are all “jars of clay”, and yet within, there is the life of…

The faith that James wrote about was a faith that is not merely a cerebral affair, but one that is to be believed, experienced and worked out in the nitty- gritty of life at ground-level. This series…

Today's thought: each day, a volume of songs and prayers sits on your shelf, inviting you to enter and experience the world of the kingdom of heaven. Will you respond?

Today's thought: when was the last time you somehow sensed what was happening in heaven?

Today's thought: choose well. Don’t let the wind blow you away

Thought for the day: Read Proverbs 24:11,12. Ignorance is unjustified.

Today's thought: if people need to be saved, should that affect the reason and the way we do evangelism? Do we have a responsibility?

Today's thought: when the storms of life hit us, will we stand firmly rooted in Christ, or will we be blown away?

Today's thought: the wisdom and ways of God are ageless and have no need to be adapted to modern cultural tastes.