Now Jabez was more honourable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez saying, Because I gave birth to him in pain. And Jabez called on the name of the God of Israel saying, Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and [...]
God won’t ask you what kind of car you drove, but will ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transport. God won’t ask the size of your house, but will ask how many people you welcomed into your home. God won’t ask about how many clothes you have in your wardrobe, but will [...]
An Empty Cross, An Empty Tomb, but an Occupied Throne! My thoughts at this Easter time are based on Matthew 28. 1 – 10. My text is found in verse 6. ‘Christ is not here, He is risen! On March 24 2005, The Times newspaper listed a hundred things to do at Easter. Attending a [...]
Prophecy Becomes Reality! The annual conference of British Assemblies of God ministers took place in 1984 when two Pentecostal leaders from the Church in the Soviet Union, were present. They gave moving accounts of the persecution and progress of the Church, behind what was then known as ‘The Iron Curtain.’ In the light of these [...]
In 1993, the far sighted decision was taken to convert 500 tons of Russian weapons into uranium fuel for American nuclear power plants. When the process is finished in 2013, the equivalent of twenty thousand Soviet missiles will have been redirected to warm and light the very same homes they were created to destroy. Disarmament of any kind always reaps a harvest of righteousness!
(John Glass. Direction Magazine)
Time magazine revealed recently that although the war in Vietnam ended 40 years ago, nearly one hundred and five thousand people have been killed or injured by land mines after the apparent end of hostilities. The conflict had finished but the damage was still going on. The spiritual lesson is obvious. Personal conflicts often leave incendiary devices in their wake.
(John Glass. Direction Magazine)