There is a powerful image in chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation, of a heavenly woman about to give birth, and a dragon who wants to devour her new-born child, who is Jesus himself. Listen, and lear…
God wants you to grow - to grow up into him. He also wants his Church to grow - in number and influence. However, just as a tree needs a good root system so that it can grow without becoming unstable…
How do we navigate this time of "tension", between the victory of the cross and the final banishment of all evil? Listen to the wise and challenging advice Paul the apostle gave to the young man Timo…
At the seventh trumpet, in the Book of Revelation, we get to glimpse God's end-goal, as his "temple in heaven" is opened to reveal the "ark of his covenant". Discover how this means that, even now, y…
You are God's message to the world! In and through your life, God wants to display the wonder of his grace, so that you "flesh out" the message of his reconciliation and love. How does God do this, a…
Many things (and people) in life can cause us to feel intimidated. How can we live and act so that we are able to refuse and refute the intimidation tactics of our spiritual enemy, and not give way t…
Who are the "two witnesses" of Revelation chapter 11? What are they doing, and how does that speak to us, both personally and as a church? Discover how God has called you to be a Spirit-empowered pro…
In Revelation chapter 10, a huge angel with a little scroll in his hand gives a loud shout like a roaring lion and swears an oath with uplifted hand. What are we to make of this? God is a covenant-ke…
Jesus encounters three very different people in Mark chapter 5, whose lives were totally transformed by the arrival of Jesus into their situation. God's presence is a transforming power that exposes …
The biblical story of Gideon, in the book of Judges, is a great reminder - and a great reassurance - that your ability to overcome the challenges of life does not depend on the number of people aroun…
The sounding of the seven trumpets in the Book of Revelation is accompanied by dramatic, shocking and at times repulsive imagery. Why was it written this way, and what can we learn from it? The inten…
What turned the foremost persecutor of Christians in his day into a fearless preacher of Jesus Christ as Lord? What was it, on the Damascus Road, that so impacted Saul of Tarsus that he became Paul, …
Do you ever feel that your prayers just bounce off heaven? Does it feel, sometimes, that God is too busy to pay attention to them? In Revelation chapter 8, verses 1-5, we realise that God DOES listen…
In Romans 8:28, God promises to work all things together for good - a well-known and precious thought for many. But are you just a passive recipient of that goodness, or does God actually want to inv…
The mind is a key battleground that can limit or free you, depending on your habitual thought patterns. How can you “renew your mind” to think the thoughts God wants you to have? If you do, it will u…
If you are a true follower of Christ, you have been marked by God with a "seal" which shows you belong to him, and which is the guarantee that you will be kept safe in his eternal purposes, even if y…
You will not discover your true identity by "looking inside yourself", or from secular society, or even family or friends. Only God can tell you who you really are. He wants to give you a "new name" …
How do you cope when chaos is all around, and God's purposes for your life seem to delay ever longer? Learn from the "souls under the altar", seen in the Book of Revelation. A life laid down for God'…
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear across popular culture in images, movies, TV programmes and books. But what and who are they? What do they tell us about God's purposes for this world? To a…
Even at his time of greatest jeopardy and greatest weakness, Jesus was always "in charge" - of himself and of how events were allowed to play out. In the run-up to Easter, listen to the story unfold …
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