Be Still and Know

Day 24 - Issue 34

3 Aug 2020
04:55

Exodus 6:9 NLT    'So Moses told the people of Israel what the Lord had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.'     August is normally the heart of the British summer. Schools are...

Day 23 - Issue 34

31 Jul 2020
04:29

John 14:5-6 NLT    Thomas said: “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”   In an age of uncertainty such as our own, w...

Day 22 - Issue 34

30 Jul 2020
04:38

1 Samuel 16:7 NLT    But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”    What is be...

Day 21 - Issue 34

29 Jul 2020
04:36

Proverbs 29:1-2 NLT   'Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery. When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.'   The word ‘justice’ is often quoted...

Day 20 - Issue 34

28 Jul 2020
04:27

2 Chronicles 9:7-8 NLT   'How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom! Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you...'   The search for happiness has been important for th...

Day 19 - Issue 34

27 Jul 2020
04:39

John 14:6-7 NLT   Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”   We are all self...

Day 18 - Issue 34

24 Jul 2020
04:08

John 15:7-8 NLT    'But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.'    What do you think is...

Day 17 - Issue 34

23 Jul 2020
04:18

John 15:6 NLT    'Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.'   When we arrived at the Oratory, we knew little to nothing about gardening, so we set about le...

Day 16 - Issue 34

22 Jul 2020
04:28

John 15:5 NLT    'Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.'    Standing along a stretch of dual carriageway near to us are a series of apple trees....

Day 15 - Issue 34

21 Jul 2020
04:38

John 15:3-4 NLT    'You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in m...

Day 14 - Issue 34

20 Jul 2020
04:13

John 15:1-2 NLT    'I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.'   Last year I decided to train for...

Day 13 - Issue 34

17 Jul 2020
04:50

Psalm 25:10 NLT  'The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands.' I find ‘unfailing’ a difficult word to comprehend. Living in Britain, I have grown up confident that the weather that greets me in...

Day 12 - Issue 34

16 Jul 2020
04:56

Psalm 25:7 NLT  'Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.' Despite not having a particularly colourful past, I often realise I’m mulling over past events. An insis...

Day 11 - Issue 34

15 Jul 2020
04:29

Psalm 25:6 NLT  'Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past.' We live in a fast-moving and often brutal world, often forced to live at a pace that leaves us breathless. We easily tire under the weig...

Day 10 - Issue 34

14 Jul 2020
04:57

Psalm 25:4 NLT 'Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow.' I’ve wondered many times what it is I’m here on this earth to do. When younger, I was anxious to realise my potential, assuming there was a particular path I must p...