Paul, in his short letter to the Philippians, is assuring his readers that no matter how far we have travelled with the Lord, or how long we have known Him, or how deep and sincere our faith is, there is always more to learn and understand. Read Philippians 3 today.

Paul, who was once known as Saul, and was a persecutor of believers, met the risen Lord on that road to Damascus and became a changed person! Once converted Paul became the best known travelling preacher ever, leaving us much good advice. Let us take note today of this advice.

Hannah who eventually had her prayer answered, and gave birth to Samuel had been desperately unhappy with a sense of being a failure because she could not conceive. This verse is part of her answered prayer. I wonder if this desperately unhappy woman ever regretted her promise to The Lord.

A reminder from the writer of Hebrews to do what many of us think of as normal life! We all share things do we not? But the suggestion is that sharing is a sacrifice! When we compare our sacrifices with the sacrifice Jesus made for us, we must be humbled.

Today many children are taught about things the Lord has done, in Sunday schools or in schools run by church organisations, depending on where they live. Bible stories are good lessons to learn. But much more impressive is a personal story, when we can say God did that for me!

This is from the farewell speech Jesus made when He warned His disciples that He was leaving them to continue His work. They would be continuing all they had learned from Him because He was soon to go home to Heaven. His hearers had no idea what that really meant.

We all have experiences in life when we do not know which way to turn, or who to turn to. The Lord is effectively saying Turn to Me, I will show you the way forward. How sad that many believers do not do as Isaiah suggests in our verse today.

God sees what is happening in our hearts, and His plan is that our lives follow the example of Jesus and His way of loving others. The consequence of our actions may then inspire others and be instrumental in leading them to Jesus. Our behaviour must be a good example.

The first phrase in our verses today is a message for many believers to stop mixing with the wrong people, or to stop sinful habits. We have all met people who could be a bad influence. And many Christians have resisted getting involved with them, but they need our prayers.

Adam and Eve must have seen that tree in the middle of the garden hundreds of times. But the had not really looked at it, because in their memories, they had heard the order from God to not touch it. Sadly Eve remembered too late not to eat from it.