SUFFERING
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Daily Readings: Hebrews 12-13 and Psalm 16 In Hebrews 11, the author celebrated the faith of a long list of heroes and heroines. As chapter 12 begins, he exhorts his readers to realise that they are part of the same Family as these “witnesses”, who had stayed faithful despite the worst forms of trial and
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Daily Readings: Philippians 1-2 and Psalm 144 In about 62AD, while imprisoned in Rome, Paul wrote his letter to the Philippian Christians to encourage them, reassure them and thank them for their support. Chapters 1 and 2 are filled with beautiful and powerful statements about the faithful Christian life, and the ancient hymn recorded in
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Daily Readings: 2 Corinthians 12 and Psalm 130 It’s tempting to think that a man who was so favoured by the Lord as to have been granted a vision of the heavenly Paradise would not experience suffering. Surely God’s favour rested on him, and he would sail through life? Not so for Paul. It’s almost
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Daily Readings: 2 Corinthians 6 and Psalm 124 Yesterday, in 2 Corinthians 5, we saw how Paul exhorted his readers to live for the ultimate aim of pleasing the Lord. In today’s chapter we realise that this exhortation was not coming from an ivory tower of theoretical Christianity. Paul lists some of the emotional, spiritual
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Daily Readings: Acts 22 and Psalm 90 At first glance it might seem as though everything got completely out of control for Paul in Jerusalem in Acts 22. But the sovereign hand of the Lord was at work behind the scenes. Despite his best efforts to clearly honour his Jewish responsibilities to the rules of
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Daily readings: John 9 and Psalm 44 Deep truths about Jesus were revealed in John 9. Jesus demonstrated the truth of His claim to be the Light of the world by restoring the sight of a man born blind; and the Pharisees demonstrated their unwillingness to change their hardened hearts and therefore remained blind to
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