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Is your Christianity a hobby? A hobby is something you do in your spare time, and it could be that’s how you think about Christianity, something for Sunday. Perhaps that’s how Simon felt about Jesus, he was happy to listen to Jesus occasionally, but to listen to Jesus in all of life was a bit…

Do you long for an end to suffering? It’s a silly question really, of course you do! Whilst much good can come through suffering, we’d rather be free from it. In our readings today the boundaries of the promised land are drawn out (Numbers 34), but as good as the land is, suffering and death,…

Look at the heart of Jesus: “But I, when they were sick – I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with my head bowed on my chest. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother… But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against…

How will God preserve His people? Doesn’t Christianity seem to be dying out? It can feel like that in the West. But the book of Numbers has a strange encouragement for us, God is able to preserve His people! In our reading today we come to the second census, more counting (the book of Numbers…

If you were Satan, where would you attack you? It’s a good question to ask, because it helps you to pray for the Lord’s protection in that area and to watch and pray so that you don’t fall. In Numbers 22-25, Satan tries 2 different ways to destroy God’s people. First of all He tries…

I’ve done it again. I feel awful. Is there any hope for someone like me? Is it worth carrying on? Could God really be interested in someone like me? I wonder if you ever feel like that? God is a holy God, and maybe when you mess up you think, “I know I’ll make it…

How often should we praise the LORD? Once a week? Once a day? More? According to our Psalm for today, our praise should be from the rising of the sun to its setting! (V3). Why? Because, there is no one like Him. He is the most glorious. Just as your heart may rise at the…

When I used to teach windsurfing, one of the most important things I would tell someone is look “where you are going”! It’s amazing how often people end up looking at their feet and then it’s not long until they are in the water! You end up where you are looking. For God’s people, we…

Do you ever wish you could change? Maybe its some habit that you can’t kick, or its losing your temper, or anxious thoughts. For God’s people, it was grumbling! Think about how crazy they were to grumble. God had rescued them from the awful slavery in Egypt, He had brought them through the Red Sea,…

Isn’t it amazing that the LORD would want to bless people like us! People who so often ignore, grumble and disobey Him! How gracious of Him. At the end of Numbers 6 we see the LORD’s determination to bless His people. It is corporate and personal. He blesses all the people of Israel at the…