| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
These tender verses speak to us about what sin does to us and what the Lord does about it. When we are in a bit of a state and take the time to choose to look to the Lord, wait for Him – our God will hear us v7. No matter what you have done, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 12 secs | 0 Comments
The key part of Micah 5 is the prophecy that the coming Messiah will come from Bethlehem. The chief Priests and scribes of Herod’s time knew the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, because of this prophetic passage. The reason they could see that without it explicitly mentioning the word “Messiah” is threefold – Firstly […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 15 secs | 0 Comments
(Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/32388282304/) As we read the book of Jonah the last few days, you may have grasped again God’s heart to bring the nations to Himself. Nineveh was a pagan Gentile city, not part of Israel. Right from Abraham’s call in Gen 12, God’s heart is that the people of God reach out to gather […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 31 secs | 0 Comments
Jonah 3 Jonah has tried to run from God, but it’s just not possible to hide from the God who is everywhere. 1:3 ‘Jonah ran away from the LORD’, and ‘sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.’ There is nowhere can we go that is beyond the reach of his Spirit, nowhere we can […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 36 secs | 0 Comments
What do you do when you are in a mess? When you are in a bad situation because of some bad choices and you feel like you are stuck? Is it possible to get stuck in a such a jam it is impossible to get out? Maybe bad a marriage, or relationship, an addiction, bad […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 36 secs | 0 Comments
Dr Martin Luther King often quoted from Amos. In his most famous “I have a dream” speech he quoted Amos 5:24 with these words: There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 0 secs | 0 Comments
“For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.” There is something about our Sovereign God in that He loves to use His people. He loves to speak to us. In yesterday’s reading you will have doubtless caught the prophecy Peter referred to in his Pentecost sermon – “your […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 32 secs | 0 Comments
What are you longing for? To come off furlough and get back to work? A meal with friends or wider family? Seeing everyone on a Sunday morning? A haircut? Some of those are coming soon, some require a little more waiting! The Lord longs for a people who love Him fully. He’s working in history […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 50 secs | 0 Comments
Hosea has just spent 13 chapters of doom and gloom prophecy regarding the spiritual state of Old Testament Israel. In chapter 14 we get the vital call to repentance. The call to change their thinking and actions and turn to God. They have stumbled because of iniquity – their thoughts, words and deeds have not […]