Devotional Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus — Philippians 4:6-7 No care, but all prayer. No anxiety, but much joyful [...]
We had a kind gift from a friend last week – three pots of autumn chrysanthemums. They had a mass of buds, and over the last few days have been blossoming out. Watching them made me think of the wonder of flowers created by God. Flowers are living creatures. Man cannot create [...]
Devotional “Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” (Psalm 37:4) Psalm 37 provides cures for the fretting (Hebrew charah, “anger”) that comes in a spiritual battle. These emotions explode from the heart of the righteous saint against those who would dare lift up their [...]
We cannot suggest that one Psalm is above another, but Psalm 103 is a mountain peak of David’s compositions. It contains three things that cannot be measured in human terms which should cause us to “bless the Lord.” [v1]. The Mercy of God [v11] is as great “as the heaven is above [...]
Devotional "I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God." Ezekiel 34:15 Under the divine shepherdry saints are fed to the full. Theirs is not a windy, unsatisfying mess of mere human "thought"; but the Lord feeds them upon the solid, substantial truth of divine [...]
The Olympic games have come and gone with the usual excess of hype, some real and some unreal. Christians should remember that the games are named after Mount Olympus in Greece, the supposed home of the pagan god Zeus. So therefore, don’t be surprised that they are no paragon of virtue. Canada [...]
Devotional “Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.” (Psalm 115:1) One of the great words of the Bible is the word “glory,” and it should be evident that glory belongs to God, not man. Indeed, the very “heavens [...]
The Olympic Games in Paris are garnering a lot of attention at present, some good, and some not so good. It was in Paris 1924 that one of the most devoted Christian actions took place. Eric Liddell was born in 1902 in China to missionary parents. He came to Scotland to continue [...]
Devotional "Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it." Proverbs 8:10-11 It is hard to convince people in these days, that anything is or can be better than [...]
It is with a heavy heart that we record the death of Dr. John Douglas on July 30. John was Dr. Paisley’s first convert on the Ravenhill Road in 1946. He was 91 when the Lord called him home. John was one of the first Free Presbyterian ministers, his first church being Moneyslane [...]
Devotional "The Babylonians broke through the wall—and the city fell!" Jeremiah 39:2 When even the smallest breach is made in a wall—it is the beginning of the end! The breach is easily increased, until, where at first only one or two men could enter—now a whole army pours through. Each of us lives [...]
The Lord, when He made us, gave us the great blessing of sleep whereby our weary bodies and minds are refreshed for another day. It is amazing to think that if you live to be sixty you have spent about twenty years in bed! (The writer has spent a whopping 29 years!). [...]
