Topic

before

16 pieces

Devotional

Jesus offers tired people not an escape from labour but a different way of carrying it.

Devotional

Before we are asked to do anything, we are invited to stop.

Devotional

Tiredness is not a failure of faith; it is the condition in which faith is usually practised.

Devotional

Weariness is not a verdict on your faith; it is the condition Jesus spoke to directly, and answered with an invitation rather than a demand.

Bible study

Stillness is not the reward for a settled heart; it is the practice that settles one.

Bible study

Facing the cross, Jesus spends his last free hour interceding for the men who would soon abandon him.

Bringing a troubled heart into the house of the one who is preparing a place.

A prayer for ears to hear in a season when God's word feels rare.

Living

James says wisdom is given to those who ask, which means the moment to ask is before the decision, not after it.

Living

One small habit for the moment a problem lands on you

Bible study

In a heated exchange in the temple courts, Jesus claims that Abraham saw his day and rejoiced.

At ninety-nine, Abram receives a new name and a command that is really an invitation.

Living

Abram gave a tenth to Melchizedek with no law requiring it, and refused the king of Sodom's wealth in the same hour.

The call of Abram begins with a command to go and a promise that does not yet come with a map.

Living

One practice drawn from Mark 5:33, for the end of each day this week.

Family

Psalm 20 is a blessing spoken over someone else, and it offers a pattern for the household