It feels like I’m flying as I enjoy the exhilaration of riding my bike down a winding mountain track. Who would have thought that something with only two wheels, which can’t stand on its own when moving, can let you experience something so incredible? It seems to defy logic. Yet it’s something every kid learning… Continue reading Isa 41v10 – Learning to ride
Paul was in prison when he wrote the short letter of Philemon. He thanks the believers for praying for his release. But what is most astounding is what he asks them to do. “And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your… Continue reading Phm 1:22 – Faith Acts
She was a young girl living in captivity under a foreign ruler. Yet amazingly, she ends up winning a beauty competition resulting in her becoming queen. Her name is Esther. However, soon after this unlikely occurrence, her fellow captives are suddenly threatened with annihilation. She has to make a choice. Remain quiet and let the… Continue reading Est 4:14 – It’s your time
Visiting a castle in Europe, I was struck by just how huge these structures are. The walls are not only incredibly thick – enough to build a house on top of them – but they are many stories high. Often when a town was attacked, the inhabitants would all retreat into the safety of the… Continue reading Psa 91:2 – My Fortress
You know the feeling. You have just watched someone play the guitar, or dance across the waves on a surfboard, or speak a foreign language fluently – and you decide you want to learn to do that too. But it’s likely you also know the feeling of giving up somewhere in the process. It’s just… Continue reading 2Ch 15:7 – Don’t give up
“You are a pain. You are useless. You are nothing.” Harsh words that could damage us for life. So, imagine if when you are born, your mother names you “Pain”. It’s not a positive start to life. It’s likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. So too, for many people, circumstances outside of our control can… Continue reading 1Ch 4:10 – Audacious prayer
Never before have we lived in a world where there is so much knowledge but at the same time so many opinions and so many “truths”. It can be overwhelming. A true and unshakable faith is not built only on what we hear but also on what we see. There’s a story in the gospel… Continue reading Joh 9:25 – One thing
There is a strange verse at the start of the book of Judges. “The LORD was with the people of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots” (Judges 1:19). It sounds like Almighty God couldn’t take out a… Continue reading Jdg 1:19 – Iron chariots
“When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”” (John 6:5). It’s a crowd of 5000 people. What would you have answered?“Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”” (John… Continue reading Joh 6:5 – The wrong answer
I’m flying in a small plane and all is well until suddenly the clouds close in. The pilot needs to rely totally on his satellite navigation system. Asking a nearby plane wouldn’t help as they too would have no idea where they were. Asking the air traffic won’t help unless the plane is really close.… Continue reading Psa 25:9 – Flying in clouds