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Imagine a man having to tell his wife that he is her husband. Tragically, there are reasons why she may have had her doubts, the way he’s treated her, or memory loss. But imagine he had always treated her well, and he has to remind her because of the way she’s acting. God has always…

Today is Duchenne Awareness Day. Duchenne is a progressive muscle wasting disease that can make life really hard. We lost my sister-in-law (Elizabeth) to this disease, and our son suffers with it. He has fractured his skull, and broken his leg twice and is now dependent on a wheelchair to get around. It can be…

Why is there no need to fear? Surely there are things that frighten us? Things we fear for ourselves or our loved ones? How can we not fear as we see our loved ones getting weaker? How can God say to His people “fear not”? We have reached a wonderful part of Isaiah. Whilst chapters…

People sometimes say “your health is your wealth.” And whilst there is great blessing in being healthy, we should never make our health the ultimate thing. This seemed to be the tragic mistake that Hezekiah made. He had been a godly king, leading the nation back to the Lord. But when he got sick and…

Yesterday we saw the pain of Hezekiah as he faced the contempt of Sennacherib. Today’s reading from Isaiah retells the same event from Isaiah’s perspective and our Psalm perhaps expresses words that Hezekiah would have used as he faced Sennacherib’s scorn. Rather than looking up to Sennacherib, Hezekiah looks higher, he looks up to the…

Humanly speaking, there was no way out. Sennacherib, King of Assyria has wiped out many nations, (including the northern kingdom of Israel) and he is now threatening Judah (the southern kingdom). He has more soldiers and better weapons, what hope is there for Judah? The surprise is that this is happening when a godly king,…

After the wickedness of King Ahaz, God’s grace shines all the brighter through his godly son Hezekiah. It can only be God’s grace that causes such a change in this family, and we see what a difference a godly man can make. In chapter 29 we see the religious reforms he makes in the temple,…

What do you do when you have lost everything? How about when it’s your fault that you have lost everything? The Northern kingdom (Israel) had become just like the nations around them, God warned them time and again but they refused to change and so God handed them over to the Assyrians (2 Kings 17).…

Writing from the Emerald Isle, it’s hard to imagine the dry land and desert that Isaiah speaks of! We take our lush green land for granted, we grumble about the rain, but think how much worse a desert must be. Imagine being desperate for rain. Imagine how happy you would be to see refreshing rain…

The church is meant to be like salt and light to the world, showing the world the blessing of going God’s way, but the church in Corinth was so bad that even the world outside could look at it and say “that’s not right!” In 1 Corinthians 5 we discover that a man was sleeping…