Hebrews 13.5 NLT Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” As a little boy it was a fantastic moment when I had enough money to buy a Mars Bar. I therefore assumed ...
Hebrews 13.4 NLT 'Give honour to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.' Faithfulness is crucial to every relationship. Without it, relationshi...
Hebrews 13.3 NLT 'Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.' I am so grateful that when I was at university I was encouraged to visit in th...
Hebrews 13.2 NLT 'Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realising it!' In Genesis chapter 18 we read a remarkable account of hospitality when Abraham generously welcomed thr...
Hebrews 12.28-29 NLT 'Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire.' It’s important that we never lose a sense of amazement th...
Hebrews 12.15 NLT 'Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.' Life can be incredibly hard, and many people experience ...
Hebrews 12.14 NLT 'Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.' The United Kingdom is blessed with a huge number of amazing gardens. As we revel in the beauty of the...
Hebrews 12.1-2 NLT 'And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.' It is often and rightly observed that life is not a sprint but a ma...
Hebrews 12.1 NLT 'Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up.' Over the years I have played lots o...
Hebrews 11.31 NLT 'It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed with the people in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.' In this chapter the writer to the Hebrews introduces us to...
Hebrews 11.17 -18 NLT It was by faith that Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice when God was testing him. Abraham, who had received God’s promises, was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, even though God had told him, “Isaac is the son th...
Hebrews 11.12 NLT 'And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.' The writer to the Hebrews doesn’t b...
Hebrews 11.8 NLT 'It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.' Everything about Abraham’s life is amazing...
Hebrews 11.7 NLT 'It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before.' The account of Noah building an ark and saving his family together w...
Hebrews 11.1 NLT 'Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.' Many people seem to think of faith as being a rather weak, sentimental way of thinking and are inclined to say that they would rat...
