A Friend‘s Encouragement: Recent Episodes
Friends in Auburn and Kellyville (Sydney, Australia)
A group of ordinary Christian people in Sydney (Australia) sharing some encouragement with each other, and anyone else who cares to listen.
The Lord Jesus was described by John as "a light shining in the darkness". Peter uses the phrase for something else.
The letter from James gives us some straight advice about getting our life in order, but it arises from the great grace of God.
Zechariah saw a strange vision that he didn't understand. The angel showed him, and we find encouragement in his explanation.
Paul encourages the believers in Thessalonica to live lives very different from what is the norm.
Obedience is fundamental to our walk with God. But there are different types of obedience.
When we partake of the Lord's Supper, we are proclaiming His death - a shameful and horrible death, but what a message to a lost world!
Who could have imagined what the Messiah would be? In His incarnation we see something of our own life experience.
Paul's simple statement, "Godliness with contentment is great gain?" deserves our attention.
Mary saw the Lord Jesus differently from others, even His disciples, and what she did is never to be forgotten.
All through the Scripture the people of God are warned, but equally, they are also encouraged.
Israel was called to obedience to the Law they had received. What about us? To what obedience are we called?
Paul had a unique view of his impending death, one shared by few others. /What an example of a man set apart to God!
The Scripture is the means to an end, not an end it itself. There is one Person who alone can meet all our need and carry us through this world to a glorious end.
Our idea of what is encouraging may be different from the encouragement we find in many parts of the Scripture.
Paul invites Timothy to share with him in the suffering for the gospel. A strange invitation?
The Sabbath is in the Old Testament and grace is in the New Testamanet. Any relationship?
The church in Thessalonica is new and its freshness teaches us how we can live in the victory that they seemed to know.
Paul encourages the believers in Thessalonica in a manner that we might consider strange.
Psalm 4 speaks of the God we are so privileged to know. Does familiarity with His goodness rob us of wonder?
The apostle Paul speaks about peace, even using his own life as an example to follow in order to know the peace that surpasses all understanding.
Paul speaks of believers that were once alienated from God being presented to Him and faultless is His sight. Can we all expect this?
Proverbs 6 has some advice for us. Go to the and and learn from what God has taught it.
The Lord's command to the priests in Leviticus was that the fire on the altar was never to go out. Why?
Psalm 1 is a simple and yet profound psalm that shows us the way forward in a troubled world.
Faith , hope and love. All important, love above all. But hope matters too and we need to have a strong and abiding hope.
Most of us are familiar with Ephesians 1. Yet there always seems to be more when we look closer.
God gave Abraham a great promise. What has that got to do with us, and how we live, day by day?
When the Lord Jesus' authority was challenged, He made a point of turning the attention of His questioners to John the Baptist. Why?
Jeremiah pours out his grief at the destruction of Jerusalem, but still clings to the God he has come to know.
When asked which commandment was the greatest in the Law, the Lord Jesus answer was perfect and stunning.
The story of Abraham is inspiring, but what about the account we have of Jacob? How can God accomplish His purposes through such a man?
Paul tells us a lot about himself in 2 Corinthians. In chapter 4 we here him speak of the understanding that prevents him from losing heart.
Paul asks a question, and we know the answer. Neil looks at the freedom that every believer can know.
Neil reflects on Psalm 136: "Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever."
Christine takes us to the border of the promised land where we see its beauty and the giants.
Neil speaks about Psalm 84 where the Psalmist expresses his longing for the Living God.
Abraham recounts a very famous incident when the Lord Jesus was challenged by the rulers in Jerusalem. But have we understood the profound depth of His answer?
Judith reflects on our calling, prompted by observing the weddings of friends in these uncertain times.
Two questions often arise - "What should I do?" and "How much should I do?" and Neil attempts to answer them
Tiana and Shelley speak to us about the difficulties we often find in reading the Bible, and also about what they have seen in reading 1 Samuel.
Teresa reminds us of the amazing love of God described by the Lord Jesus in a famous parable.
Michelle shares some thoughts on Jesus' conversation with Peter recorded in John's Gospel, chapter 21.