Category: Bible

The bread that satisfies

October 28, 2025

“Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” ‭‭John‬ ‭6:35‬ ‭NLT‬‬

For many years of my life I wondered if there was more to this life. In my quiet moments I felt like something was missing and I had a hole inside me. In time I worked out this spiritual emptiness that was me searching for more.

In the verse above Jesus describes Himself as the bread of life and talks about not being hungry or thirsty if we come to Him. Our spiritual hunger and thirst is satisfied when we come to Jesus.

Jesus is the author of life and when we come to know Him and trust Him as our Lord and Saviour, it fills a hole inside us like food fills an empty stomach and water quenches thirst. I no longer walk around with a spiritual vacuum inside me.

I know Jesus is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). I know I am His child (John 1:12) and He has a place prepared for me in heaven (John 14:2).

If you would like to end your spiritual hunger and thirst, I would encourage you to visit my “peace with God” page today.

Jesus is my Lord

October 23, 2025

Here is a simple explanation of what it means to have Jesus as our Lord. It is taken from the book, “To be a Christian” (Catechism #52)

What do you mean when you call Jesus Christ “Lord”?

I acknowledge Jesus’ divine authority over the Church and all creation, over all societies and their leaders, and over every aspect of my life, both public and private. I surrender my entire life to him and seek to live in a way that pleases him. (Daniel 7:13–14; Mat­ thew 7:21–23; Luke 9:23–26; Ephesians 1:15–23; Colossians 1:16–18)

Reflections from James

October 23, 2025

Here is a free download from my main website. This booklet contains a collection of short reflections from the book of James in the New Testament. The reflections have grown out my morning devotions and meditations on Scripture. There are 14 in total.

Click here to download

The Jesus prayer is from the Bible

October 12, 2025

Over the last year or so I have prayed the Jesus prayer a lot, especially on my prayer beads. The Jesus prayer says, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner”.

The Jesus Prayer is founded in biblical passages and popularized by the Desert Fathers in the 4th and 5th centuries.

Key scriptural influences include…

  • The cries for mercy from the blind man in Luke 18:38 (“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me”)
  • The ten lepers in Luke 17:13 (“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us”)
  • The tax collector in Luke 18:13 (“God, be merciful to me, I am a sinner”).

The prayer also reflects the biblical call to “pray without ceasing” that is found in 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

I tend to pray the words very slowly and deliberately. I breathe in and silently pray “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God”. Then I breathe out and say, “Have mercy on me, a sinner”.

For me it becomes a prayerful meditation.

Our spiritual gear box

October 11, 2025

“So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.” Romans‬ ‭8:6-8

When I was in high school we had a class that taught the basics of car mechanics. In it we learned that a car had three main areas. The engine, the gear box and the diff.

The engine powered the car, the gear box connected the power of the engine to the diff, and this made the car go. We learned that you could start the engine and rev the motor, but unless you put the car in gear, it would not go.

For us as Jesus followers, the mind is like the spiritual gear box of our lives.

Our mind engages whether you to do the things of the Spirit or the things of the flesh. Just as we put our cars in D for drive to go forward, we need to put our mental gear box in S for Spirit.

We need to set our minds right and allow the Holy Spirit to guide and lead us in all situations. We need to choose the things of the Spirit over the things of the flesh.

Our actions, or the things we do, follow choices. Let us choose to put our spiritual gear box on S and choose the things of the Spirit today.

God Bless,
Dave