Be Still and Know

READ: Proverbs 1:8-9 NLT 'My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honour around your neck.' I would be fascinated to know what you...

READ: Proverbs 1:7 NLT 'Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.' You need to be careful with the book of Proverbs. It’s very easy to read too much of it and get indigestion! It’s a book which ne...

READ: Genesis 22:2 NLT “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” This is an incredibly tough story to cope...

READ: Genesis 18:13-14 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” I love laught...

READ: Genesis 17:5-8 NLT 'I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations. I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings w...

READ: Genesis: 12:2-3 “I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will b...

READ: Genesis 12:1 NLT The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.” I wonder what your life looks like at the moment. I would guess that for many of us...

READ: Genesis 11:4-8 NLT Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.” God hates arrogance because it is a comp...

READ: Genesis 6:22-7:1 NLT So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him. When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righ...

READ: Genesis 4.8-9 NLT One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him. Afterward the LORD asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel...

READ: Genesis 3: 11-12 NLT The Lord God asked, “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?” The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”  The story of Adam and Eve in the G...

READ: Genesis 2.2-3 NLT 'On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.' The Fre...

READ: Genesis 1:27 NLT 'So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.' People fascinate me. I can happily sit watching people because they are so incredibly different from one ...

READ: Genesis 1:3-4 NLT 'Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.' It would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of light. Without light th...

READ: Genesis 1:1-2 NLT 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.' It is important not to ru...