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by Sandy Shaw
November 11, 2024
Turn to I Samuel Chapter 7 – Between verses 1 and 2 there were twenty years during which time the people lamented or yearned for restoration.
People are yearning today, but they do not know what for. There is almost a spirit of unity for something to be done to repair what was so terribly…… ( Click for more )
November 4, 2024
I Samuel 6 and 7 – When true worship declines, idolatry flourishes. We are in these challenging Chapters where the Philistines have captured the Ark of the Covenant, but they know they must return it to Israel – if only to get rid of it!
And they Philistines know they will have to send…… ( Click for more )
October 28, 2024
I Samuel Chapters 4 and 5 can challenge our early views and understanding of our faithful God. Israel and the Philistines underestimated and misunderstood God and His ways. The Philistines thought they had defeated Israel. It looked like it! Did they think the God of Israel was finished? Did…… ( Click for more )
October 21, 2024
Israel is defeated in battle by the Philistines – as the consequence of sin. They assumed God was with them. At the moment when God has brought about the birth of Samuel and has watched over his early years as he prepares for spiritual leadership the enemy of God springs into action. That has…… ( Click for more )
October 14, 2024
In I Samuel Chapter 4 – we read of Israel experiencing a significant defeat – but remember, this is not the whole story. It is only one chapter. It follows on from what has preceded it, and there is much to come afterwards – but there is a message for us.
This Chapter can explain…… ( Click for more )
October 7, 2024
I Samuel Chapter 3 will be very familiar to many – and there are lessons here which God wants to teach us in these difficult dark days.
Samuel had no idea what lay in store for him - he was a boy of around 10 or 12 and in a routine in the Temple or Tabernacle at Shiloh – in a setting that…… ( Click for more )
September 30, 2024
We are reading I Samuel Chapter 2. Following the birth of Samuel in the most amazing circumstances - circumstances of barrenness - hostility – and spite – and all this going on in the House of God.
Hannah prayed - and later she rejoices. We have to come through some terrible experiences…… ( Click for more )
September 23, 2024
Turn in your Bible to I Samuel Chapter 1 - it is a well-known passage but we have not dealt with it here..
A man had two wives - concurrently – today, men have them consecutively.
Peninnah had children to her husband. Hannah did not. She was barren.
Husband Elkanah went regularly…… ( Click for more )
September 16, 2024
We are reading through Isaiah Chapter 49 – and I am writing from this passage because of two questions I asked God some months ago – and the initial answer came from these opening words in verse 8 – This is what the Lord says, “In the time of my favour I…… ( Click for more )
September 9, 2024
In Isaiah Chapter 49 at verse 2, we see that Jesus would be sharp tongued at times. There may be those who do not like to read of these things in the Bible – but this is where our faith has to align with the Word of God and not as we would like it to be.
The Word of God can cut…… ( Click for more )
September 2, 2024
Before I read the Scriptures, I had two questions which I needed to ask God about – “What will You do with me – and what are You going to do with me?”
And the first verse of my Bible Reading that morning was – This is what the Lord says, “In the time of my favour I will answer you.”…… ( Click for more )
August 26, 2024
“The greatest among you will be your servant.” Matthew 23 verse 11. “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10 verse 45.
Many want to be great and would like to become great and here…… ( Click for more )
August 19, 2024
In America, over 100 million people attend a church service every weekend – why? What are the benefits? Some who go have no clear reason why they are there. Out of habit – out of tradition – because they think it is their duty?
We need to know who we are and what we are and why we are.
There…… ( Click for more )
August 12, 2024
“Keep on loving each other as brothers” – Hebrews 13 verse 1. We have been looking at some of the various important reasons for being committed members of the Church of Jesus Christ. Yes, we meet together for Praise and Worship and Prayer – for the preaching and teaching of the…… ( Click for more )
August 5, 2024
“It is not good for man to be alone” – Genesis 2 verse 18.
We each need spiritual support and stimulation – and God has given us this tool – this vehicle. God created and birthed – the Church of Jesus Christ. We need strength and stability – an empowering…… ( Click for more )
July 29, 2024
Jesus speaks about being the door or the gate for the sheep – John Chapter 10 verses 1 to 9 – but in the next verse this same Jesus explains that there is a thief who comes to kill and to steal and to destroy. We need to be aware of that, and know who this thief is.
If an open…… ( Click for more )
July 22, 2024
How do we choose which doors we will walk through, as we make our way through life? We need models, mentors, partners, and friends – we need people to help us along the way – we have needed help since we started to walk – people who would help us when we stumbled.
Mentors teach us lessons we need…… ( Click for more )
July 15, 2024
The Holy Spirit reveals the meaning of what GOD has said in the written word – the Bible.
1 Corinthians 2 verse 14 – “The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand…… ( Click for more )
July 8, 2024
There are many guides – but our Gracious Almighty God has given us a Book and a Person to lead us and help us make our way through life. Sometimes we are being led and we are unaware of it – things happen and later – sometimes much later – we see the hand of God in our life.
God has given…… ( Click for more )
July 1, 2024
How far do we allow our petrol tank to get low before we fill up? Do we ever run out of fuel? Are there practical lessons to enable us to remain filled with all we need, all the days of our lives, as we work and serve as disciples of Jesus Christ? There are parallels here for our lives – Physically –…… ( Click for more )
June 24, 2024
When Peter hears the voice of Jesus, Peter does not listen to his feelings, but demonstrates unquestioned obedience to Jesus. After a night of disappointing fishing, Peter rises to do what Jesus Christ calls and tells him to do.
Expect Jesus to turn things around – why are we afraid to launch…… ( Click for more )
June 17, 2024
Everybody has setbacks – disappointments – and failures. That can happen even when we have put our energy and heart and soul into life.
Turn to Luke Chapter 5 and verses 1 to 11. Imagine the scene.
These fishermen have been out all-night fishing – working hard – probably…… ( Click for more )
June 10, 2024
Are there opportunities when it looks as though it might be a seemingly impossible situation? We have missed it – it cannot happen – we are too old or it’s too late. Think of what happened to Moses.
God’s purpose here – as in other places – is to train men – to prepare people…… ( Click for more )
June 3, 2024
Turn to Acts Chapter 27, where we read of Paul’s ‘Mediterranean Cruise’.
It is often easier to face a setback or problem when it is your mistake – but what do we do when it is not our fault?
Sometimes other people make foolish decisions, which can affect us seriously.
Paul…… ( Click for more )
May 27, 2024
A few weeks ago, we took time to look at the various challenges and difficulties which confronted Joseph. Joseph had faced one obstacle after another. It was a tough time, but Joseph did three things that kept him going
Joseph depended upon God’s presence no matter where he was. And the Lord…… ( Click for more )
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