Pastor of Alverstoke Evangelical Church, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
Today’s message picks up from last week on Ezra 3. The first thing that the builders did was to build the altar and to start the sacrifice. Being in right relationship with God is the first thing. It hasn’t changed for the people of God today. The foundation of everything is Christ the cornerstone and … More 1 Peter 2:3-8 – Christ the foundation (24 July 2020)
2 Corinthians 5:17 The Christian is “in Christ” and he/she “is a new creation.” The rest of the verse says, “The old has passed away; behold (look), the new has come.” Being a Christian changes your life. The change is not yet perfect (it will be in glory), but the change is real. Old unbelief … More Daily Devotional for 26 July 2020 – 2 Corinthians 5v17 part 3
2 Corinthians 5:17 Yesterday we looked at the first part of this verse, “If anyone is in Christ.” Next, the verse says, “He (or she) is a new creation.” If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you have not become religious, you have become a new person. Jesus said that to enter the kingdom … More Daily Devotional for 25 July 2020 – 2 Corinthians 5v17 part 2
2 Corinthians 5:17 Today we’re going back to looking at what it is to be human, made in God’s image. We have seen that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14), but we are fallen and we live in a fallen world. Yet, we have a glorious future, when we will “bear the image … More Daily Devotional for 24 July 2020 – 2 Corinthians 5v17
HT: Keith Mathison, Tim Challies Tomorrow (24 July 2020) is the day when the UK government is making face masks mandatory in shops in England and strongly encouraging them in enclosed spaces (including churches). For some in the UK, and perhaps more so in the USA, this represents an infringement of liberty. It is also … More Covid-19, face masks, singing and civil government
Psalm 29 I have read (or had this psalm read to me) every day for the last three days, so I think I need to share it with you. Here is it read in the ESV: It is a call for heaven to worship God (and so for us also to worship God) because He … More Daily Devotional for 23 July 2020 – Psalm 29
This message is a follow on from last Sunday’s message on Ezra 3, although it is a Bible study rather than a full sermon. Last Sunday, our church returned to having services, although it was extremely different to normal. We had two small congregations, the service lasted just an hour, there was no singing, people … More Lansdowne EF Church Prayer Meeting – 21 July 2020 – Zechariah 4
1 Corinthians 15:58 In our devotional on Monday we saw how the Lord is going to transform us in eternity. 1 Corinthians 15:49: “Just as we have born the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.” How does that help us today? Is it just … More Daily Devotional for 22 July 2020 – 1 Corinthians 15v58
This morning, I led part of a prayer meeting where we prayed for politicians and the needs of the nation. The section I led was about prayer for children in this country. For the prayer time, I read, and briefly reflected, on Mark 10:13-16. Today’s devotion is based on my reflections on this passage, plus … More Daily Devotional for 21 July 2020 – Mark 10v13-16
1 Corinthians 15:45-49 So far, we have seen that we are made personally by the Lord in His image, which is glorious, but we are also dust, which is humbling. We have damaged that image through our sin, but God has justified every believer, made us alive together with Christ and is preparing us for … More Daily devotional for 20 July 2020 – 1 Corinthians 15v45-49
The best is yet to come 