Category: Bible

Revived by Your Word

November 13, 2025

Over the last few weeks I have been making my way through Psalm 119 for my devotions. I have been taking it slow and only doing eight verses a day. This is so I can really take it in and meditate on the text.

As I have been making my through I have noticed it has used the word revive or revived several times…

Psalm 119:25 NLT
[25] I lie in the dust; revive me by your word.

Psalm 119:149 NLT
[149] In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations.

Psalm 119:156 NLT
[156] LORD, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations.

In these three verses the writer is asking God to revive him and he asks God to do it by His Word and then following it.

Throughout Psalms we see David and the other writers telling God how much they love His Word and following His decrees. It is a their greatest joy.

As I reflected on this I remembered a conversation I had years ago. I was going through a flat spot in my faith. I had lost my motivation and my joy.

While talking with a wise older woman at church she asked how much time I had been spending in the Bible lately. I realised I was preparing sermons, but not really reading the Bible for my devotions.

Reading the Bible for my devotions is about enjoying God’s Word and meditating on it. It is about letting it sink deep in to your soul and filling your heart. I realised I had stopped doing that.

The older woman prayed for me and asked God to give me a real love for His Word and a desire to spend time in it. After a few weeks of time in the Word for devotional reading I find my motivation and joy coming back.

Like David prayed in Psalm 119:25, “…revive us by Your Word”, it happened to me. I felt my faith come alive again. My desire to read the Bible, pray, serve in church, share my faith all came back.

I was so thankful for the Bible and the wisdom of the older lady at my church. Like a doctor writes a prescription for a sick patient, she gave me the right prescription for my faith.

Prayer

Dear God, please give me a desire to read and meditate on Your Words in the Bible. Help me to read it every day. As I do Lord, please revive me by Your Word. Amen

The Resurrection

October 31, 2025

What historical event fascinates you the most?

The Resurrection of Jesus is the event that most fascinates me. It fascinated me so much that it changed my life back in 1989.

Up until that point I had a basic understanding that Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday and then He rose to life on Easter Sunday.

But in all honesty I did not know why He died? When a friend gave me a tract that explained Jesus died on the cross for my sin, it started to make sense.

I realised I was a sinner and I needed God’s forgiveness and Jesus’ death on the cross made that possible. I could be forgiven because He paid the price for my sin.

The resurrection showed that Jesus had the power over death and that God was satisfied with His sacrifice for us. It also showed that we will be resurrected one day too.

This truth changed my life and gave me a new purpose – to live for Him. In a sense I was dead in my sins and then I was raised to a new life with Jesus.

I believe the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus are the most significant events in human history. I believe that if you want true life now it all begins with Jesus.

Today I would encourage you to visit my peace with God page so you can begin afresh with Jesus. You can find it here.

God Bless,

Dave

Meditating on Psalm 119

October 31, 2025

Psalm 119 is both the longest psalm and the longest chapter in the Bible. Some Bible scholars believe it may have been written by Ezra after the Temple was rebuilt (Ezra 6:14-15).

Psalm 119 is a repetitive meditation on the beauty of God’s Word and how it helps us stay pure and grow in our faith and trust in God.

It has 22 sections, each corresponding to a different letter in the Hebrew alphabet and each verse beginning with the letter of its section.

Almost every verse mentions God’s Word in some way. This type of repetition was common in Hebrew culture. It helped them to both memorise God’s Word and remember His goodness.

When you read through the 176 verses you see it has 22 sections of 8 verses. I have found this to be a perfect amount of verses to meditate on for your devotions. If you did a section each day it lasts for three weeks.

Psychologists tell us it takes three weeks to adopt a new habit. Perhaps if you find it hard to read the Bible daily, Psalm 119 would be a great place to start. Why not start with verses 1-8 today?

Link to Psalm 119:1-8

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)