Journey through and dwell within the Scriptures with Alan Hoare, in the spirit of lectio divina, with these daily devotional commentaries.
Today's thought: A thankful heart is the perfect environment for the fostering of a peace-filled and peace-ruled community.
Today's thought: The peace of Christ is the arbitration for all conflicts, but must be sought after and submitted to.
Today's thought: Love will always nudge people together.
Today's thought: The two primary construction tools for authentic church community are tolerance and forgiveness
Today's thought: In the kingdom of God, it is inner dispositions that shape our words, actions, and reactions. Not the other way round.
Today's thought: A new humanity with a new ethic. Be personally involved in this corporate transformation.
Today's thought: True renewal starts in the individual believer and takes us deeply into the corporate body.
Today's thought: The new life comes in exchange for the old. There is no mixing of the two. Say goodbye to the old!
Today's thought: Learn to 'interrogate' the thoughts and feelings that approach your heart. What are they seeking to produce?
Today's thought: We must learn to be ruthless with the old ways of living. They will taint our lives again if not renounced.
Today's thought: Grateful tears for forgiveness and compassionate tears for the lost mark us out as genuine.
Today's thought: Love and wrath are two perfect aspects of the nature of God. Appreciate the one and fear the other.
Today's thought: A helpful thing to remember is that 'Lust take, love gives.'
Today's thought: We have been empowered to say 'no' to sin, and we are encouraged to run from sin.
Today's thought: Your life in Christ is a treasure, hidden but hinted at, and one day to be fully revealed.
Today's thought: When it is evident that Christ is our life, the world around us will react in one way or another.
Today's thought: Prayer will alert us to what God is doing and will also get us in on the action.
Today's thought: For the Christian, death is not the end but the beginning - in more ways than one.
Today's thought: Get hold of your thoughts and train them in the right direction. This discipline is in your hands.
Today's thought: Do not down or around you. Look up. There is a totally new way of living.