John 17:1-4 “After Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven and prayed:“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and...

Ephesians 2:12-13, 19 “… remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. … Consequently, you are no...

Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. This week saw the village of Blatten, in Switzerland, virtually completely destroyed by default tons of ice, rock and mud flowing from parts the mountain...

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honour God with your bodies. Ephesians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord...

Luke 23:32-34,39-43 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals – one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ . . ....

1 Corinthians 15:54-56 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But...

John 14 verses 23-27 Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. All this I...

1 Timothy 6 verses 6 to 10 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful...

If you happened to see ‘The Apprentice’ this week, the teams had to develop and market a new form of Easter Egg – The ideas generated all sorts of options for ‘Easter Characters’ and marketed it as a reward for being good. At no point did anyone even mention the true meaning of Easter – the death and resurrection of...

A Venezuelan kayaker, Adrián Simancas, became a global sensation this week after being caught in the mouth of a whale. Adrián told reporters that he felt a slimy texture on his face and had started to think how he might survive inside the humpback whale “like Pinocchio”, before it spat him back out within seconds. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly50k8zypmo) I wonder how many...