Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the First Book of Samuel, Chapter One verse 11, “Hannah prayed: O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant,” (NRSVB). Hannah was a woman in…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, The watchword for the First Sunday of Lent is taken from the First Epistle of John, Chapter 3 verse 8, “The reason the Son of God was made visible was to destroy the works the devil has done,” (Amplified Bible). This is the Gospel of the Cross,…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 63 verse 9, “In his love and mercy the Lord redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old,” (NIV). In this passage Isaiah is contemplating all the wonders God…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from Deuteronomy 3 verse 24, “O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your might,” (NRSVB). Moses is in conversation with the Lord regarding the entry of the Israelites into the Land of Promise. He…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Genesis Chapter 18 verse 3, “My Lord, if I find favour with you, do not pass by your servant,” (NRSVB). We read in this chapter how the Lord came to visit Abraham and Sarah and appeared to…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Psalms, “You are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea,” Psalm 65 verse 5, (NASB). This psalm of David tells of the silence that befalls humans when they are overawed…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from King Solomon’s consecration prayer for the Temple of The Lord, after the Ark of Covenant of the Lord, containing the two tablets of the Law, was placed in the Holy of Holies in the temple building. The presence of the…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Judges. The background to this verse is situated in a time when Israel had fallen away from the Lord and worshipped all the deities of the surrounding nations. Suddenly, they were confronted by the Ammonites who were…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ Our watchword for this week is taken from the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 4 verse 5, “For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as servants for Jesus’ sake,” (NRSVB). Today marks the last Sunday before the Lenten time,…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the Book of Psalms, “May God be gracious to us and bless us,” Psalm 67 verse 1. The opening verse of this psalm is patterned on the Aaronic blessing, the words that God revealed to Moses to be used by…
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