Compassion works towards turning that bleak future into a bright light of purpose and fulfilment Acts 8:1-8 Reference: And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. (Acts 8:1 NIV) Explore: I have…
To another person the moment may seem common place and everyday, but to you it holds great significance. Mark 9:1-13 Reference: Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (Mark 9:5 TNIV) Explore: There are…
Hugh Riminton is an Australian journalist, foreign correspondent and senior news reporter for one of our major television stations. I recently heard him tell of the unusual way in which he came to become a journalist: I was a bit of a messed up teenager. I was an on-the-grog 15 year old teenager. The school…
As they got chatting they realised how long it had been since they’d last touched base. Psalm 66:1-20 Reference: “Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me.” Psalm 66:16 NIV Explore: My husband recently bumped into an old friend we used to go to church…
They can greatly influence people. Psalm 21:1-13 Reference: “For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.” Psalm 21:7 NIV Explore: I was recently reading a book about some young men living in New York. One of the men’s lives was so horrific that…