Author: nickjones2011

Psalm 65 celebrates God’s goodness in harvest. It feels like creation is performing as creation should, and how good it is! It is right to praise God. The psalmist begins by praising God that He hears prayer (v2). What an incredible thing, to think that the Almighty God, who made and cares for the world,…

Death is the shadow that hangs over all of us. Isaiah describes it as “the covering that is cast over all peoples” (Isaiah 25:7). Sometimes it feels closer than others, but there it hangs. How wonderful then to read that the LORD will one day swallow it up forever! And that He will wipe away…

We like impressive people, we follow influencers, perhaps we may find ourselves thinking, if only ‘they’ became a Christian they could have a massive influence! Our celebrity culture is not too different from the culture in first Century Corinth, they loved public speakers. Such speakers drew followers, crowds and introduced new ideas. The church was…

Before the smoking ban came into place in pubs, you would notice the smell of smoke when you went in, but sit there for a while and you would stop noticing it. It’s only if you went outside and came back in that you’d notice it. And as you sat there, you would take on…

How do you think Jesus feels when you let Him down? Do you think you have to earn your way back into His good books? In Matthew 28 we see the risen Jesus speaking to men who had totally let Him down, they had abandoned Him when He needed them most, Peter had denied even…

Psalm 118 was the last in a group of Psalms (113-118) traditionally sung at Passover time. As you read Psalm 118, consider what it must have meant for Jesus as He sang it on the night before He would lay down His life for us. Jesus began encouraging his disciples to help Him remember the…

We talk about going through a dark time. You probably know what that feels like. Sometimes it may feel hopeless. When Isaiah was writing, things looked bleak for God’s people, they faced losing everything they had worked for, their homes, their livelihoods. They were facing being taken far from home into a foreign land. They…

When things look bleak, you need hope. The prophet Micah has warned of the severity of God’s coming judgment, things look very bleak. Then into the darkness comes hope from an unexpected place. God’s ways are not our ways. Help is going to come from a place too small to even have a traffic light…

Do people think you’re crazy for believing that Jesus will come back? When you try and encourage people to trust Jesus so that they will be safe from the coming judgement, do people look at you as if you have two heads?! Imagine what it was like for Noah, building a boat for years and…