A Word to Reflect On
Each week we publish a quote, usually from the Bible to help us begin to reflect on the teaching from God’s word.
Recent Quotes
Give Thanks
“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” (Deuteronomy 5:11)
Do not misuse God’s name
“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” (Deuteronomy 5:11)
No Idols
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. (Mark 12:30)
God’s commands
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. (Mark 12:30)
Disciples of the Kingdom
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. (1 Peter 2:21)
God of justice
‘For the Lord is our judge; the lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us.’ Isaiah 33:22
Verse of the week
“Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.” Isaiah 64:4
Wheat and weeds
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”
Kingdom secrets
And he said, ‘To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Parables
“My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old.”
Give thanks
“Our ancestors … drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ”. 1 Corinthians 10:4.
Are we satisfied?
‘The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.’ Isaiah 58:11
Beyond the Red Sea
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
The difference? … The blood of the lamb
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
There will be blood
“In Christ Jesus you who were once far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ”.
Holy Ground
“And God said, ‘I will be with you. And this will be a sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have bought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.’”
Saved through Water
Jesus said, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
Pentecost
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of the earth”
Witnesses
“But you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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