Do we take the presence of God for granted?

I was once told off by a pastor publicly from the pulpit for putting my hands in my pockets whilst singing a hymn. If we are honest with ourselves, is our physical and emotional response to the presence of God adequate or extravagant enough? Is my reaction to a God...

Getting it right, getting it wrong

There have been so many times in my personal life, my marriage and my church life when I have got things right and things utterly wrong. Not so many years ago we had a known evangelist come into town. The publicity of the tour was impressive, the salvations on...

God is with us

We have missed gathering together. For some of us we have gone to church all our life, missing the occasional one for holidays or sickness. There are photos of me in white ankle socks, white shirt, brown shorts as a child involved in Sunday school anniversaries, all I...

Believe for the impossible

David is now thirty years old (2 Samuel 5:4-5) and king of the whole nation. He now needed a base. If he stayed at Hebron he would be favouring one tribe at the expense of the other tribes. He set his sights on Jerusalem. It had been occupied by the Benjaminites but...

When God is silent

I don’t know if you have ever done this but I have read 2 Samuel 3 to 2 Samuel 5 now three times and I have no idea what to write. End of blog! I have tried to focus on David and all I seem to read about are Abner and Joab. They seem to be running around like mad men...