Author: nickjones2011

“Note well what it is that will make all the miseries of this world easy to endure; it is that we should transfer our thoughts to the eternity of the kingdom of heaven. If we look around us, a moment can seem a long time, but when we lift our hearts heavenwards, a thousand years…

What’s the secret to keeping going? When the trials keep coming, when there’s another hospital appointment, another crisis, another challenge? We saw at the beginning of 2 Corinthians that Paul faced severe trials, and these led him to depend more on God (1:9). He’s about to reveal further trials that he faced (4:8-9), but here…

Sometimes people say they are seeking God. Sometimes someone may wish God would make himself clearer. But since Genesis 3 onwards, it’s man who is hiding and God seeking. Here in Isaiah 65 God tells us that He’s no good at hiding! In response to Isaiah’s prayer in 64:1 that God would come down and…

Why did I face that? Why did that happen? Why did you allow that? I’m sure you have asked those sort of questions. The apostle Paul suffered more in his short lifetime than most of us will, and so he’s worth listening to as he addresses these sort of questions. His answer is quite surprising,…

Sometimes prayer is urgent. Isn’t it amazing that in Psalm 70 God gives us permission to as him to hurry up! “Make haste, O God to deliver me!” David is facing enemies at this point, and He asks God to thwart their plans. David is the Lord’s anointed king, to act against Him is to…

When I was a child I loved going to the market, you’d hear the traders calling out their deals, my favourite thing were the digital watches! But as good as the deals were, I never heard a deal as amazing as the one that God offers in Isaiah 55. “Come everyone who thirsts…come, buy wine…

My wife admits that she once forgot our daughter! It’s not as bad as it sounds – she was on her way to drop Bethany at school and then to go shopping, but she just forgot to go the school first, and it was only when she was half way to the shops and a…

Imagine a man having to tell his wife that he is her husband. Tragically, there are reasons why she may have had her doubts, the way he’s treated her, or memory loss. But imagine he had always treated her well, and he has to remind her because of the way she’s acting. God has always…

Today is Duchenne Awareness Day. Duchenne is a progressive muscle wasting disease that can make life really hard. We lost my sister-in-law (Elizabeth) to this disease, and our son suffers with it. He has fractured his skull, and broken his leg twice and is now dependent on a wheelchair to get around. It can be…

Why is there no need to fear? Surely there are things that frighten us? Things we fear for ourselves or our loved ones? How can we not fear as we see our loved ones getting weaker? How can God say to His people “fear not”? We have reached a wonderful part of Isaiah. Whilst chapters…