Be Still and Know

July 19th - Ezekiel 3:8-9

19 Jul 2023
00:03:26

Ezekiel 3:8-9 God has just told Ezekiel how tough his job is going to be. He tells the prophet that the people don’t listen to him and so they are unlikely to listen to Ezekiel either. God describes them as being hard-hearted and stubborn, and th...

July 18th - Ezekiel 3:1-3

18 Jul 2023
00:03:06

Ezekiel 3:1-3 This is all rather weird isn’t it? I’m certainly not going to suggest that you start eating your Bible in order to get closer to the Lord! I think it might have the opposite effect! However, I believe that Ezekiel was commanded to t...

July 17th - Ezekiel 2:6-7

17 Jul 2023
00:03:31

Ezekiel 2:6-7 We all want to be loved, and listened to with joy and appreciation. But any servant of God also needs to be ready to keep going whatever the response to their message. Ezekiel was told by God that he needed to be ready for the worst...

July 16th - Ezekiel 2:3-4

16 Jul 2023
00:03:20

Ezekiel 2:3-4 God certainly didn’t do anything to make Ezekiel’s ministry look attractive! Like Isaiah, he is informed that he will have a really tough time serving God and will meet with constant resistance. Serving God in a world which largely...

July 15th - Ezekiel 1:1-2

15 Jul 2023
00:03:35

Ezekiel 1:1-2 Ezekiel gives us some very specific information at the start of his prophecy. This is helpful as we try to understand the man who wrote this amazing, important book. In 594 BC, five years after he had been exiled to Babylon along wi...

July 14th - Psalm 148:1-3

14 Jul 2023
00:03:06

Psalm 148:1-3 In short, everything and everyone needs to praise God. These verses are particularly interesting because they specify angels and stars. Throughout history, there have been those who thought it appropriate to worship angels. When he...

July 13th - Psalm 147:3-5

13 Jul 2023
00:03:08

Psalm 147:3-5 This psalm specifically rejoices in the return of the exiles to Jerusalem. It was a momentous time for the people after many years of exile in Babylon. Their captivity was a punishment for the way in which they had disobeyed the Lor...

July 12th - Titus 3:1-2

12 Jul 2023
00:03:26

Titus 3:1-2 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has 38 member countries. It regularly runs surveys to discover the level of trust that people have in their government. In the UK, that level is about 40 per cent, lowe...

July 11th - Titus 2:9-10

11 Jul 2023
00:03:26

Titus 2:9-10 The idea of slavery is so appalling that it is hard for us to imagine what it would be like to live in a world where it was normal. However, in the Roman Empire, it was an accepted part of everyday life. In this passage, Paul is...

July 10th - Titus 2:1

10 Jul 2023
00:03:19

Titus 2:1 Paul’s letters are incredibly down to earth. He was very concerned to ensure that everyone understood the basic elements of Christian doctrine. That is to say, they needed to know who God is and why he sent Jesus into the world to save...

July 9th - Titus 1:15

9 Jul 2023
00:03:30

Titus 1:15 These words may well feel familiar. They closely echo the words of Jesus when he said: “A good person produces the good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart...

July 8th - Titus 1:5-6

8 Jul 2023
00:03:09

Titus 1:5-6 Crete had many cities. Homer, the Greek poet, described the island as “Crete of the hundred cities.” The apostle Paul was clearly concerned that each community of Christian believers should have leadership, and he trusted his friend T...

July 7th - Titus 1:2

7 Jul 2023
00:03:03

Titus 1:2 We inevitably spend much of our life focused on the here and now. We need to eat, drink, work and sleep, and often there isn’t much time to do anything else. But we all need to find time to stand back from all this busyness and look at...

July 6th - Titus 1:1

6 Jul 2023
00:03:06

Titus 1:1 Paul was born into a strongly Jewish family and also had the privilege of being a Roman citizen. It is quite likely that his family were wealthy and that he would have been waited on by slaves from birth. He certainly wasn’t a slave him...

July 5th - Proverbs 2:1-2

5 Jul 2023
00:03:02

Proverbs 2:1-2 I wonder what you treasure most of all. Perhaps it’s your car, some jewellery or something precious that a friend gave you. Perhaps you would point to your relationship with your family or a special friend. Whatever it is, you will...