‘Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence.’ Hebrews 4:16 NIV The Bible says: ‘For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the [...]
Jeremiah 22–24 36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” 37 But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my [...]
Jeremiah 18–21 25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the [...]
‘Why do you cry out over your wound?’ Jeremiah 30:15 NIV God asks His people, ‘Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure?’ Then He answers, ‘But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds.’ (Jeremiah 30:17 NIV) If there’s anything more insidious than the rage, frustration, [...]
Waves of enthusiasm are sweeping across the South Pacific as many of our island neighbours prepare for new ways of local outreach. Bougainville In PNG, local teens have been so eager to reach their peers through radio that they've approached UCB Bougainville for training even before the application for a new youth station was approved. [...]
Bundaberg from the air Imagine waiting 30 years for your prayers to be answered! For many of us, patience is not our best quality. Our ‘on demand’ culture expects God to act, and in the next thirty seconds! But doing great things for God rarely happens that quickly. Jesus waited 30 years before beginning His [...]
At almost one-quarter the length of a footy field, it’s pretty hard not to notice when one of David Sweeny’s trucks pulls up alongside you. You might say Dave’s got a very big Vision to change lives all over Australia! Dave is ecstatic about the fact he’s been able to use his everyday business to [...]
4000 copies or 40% of Nepal’s fourth edition of The Word for Today were destroyed in 2015 earthquake. Distribution of the fifth edition was made more difficult by politics and an embargo from a neighbouring country. Only 7000 copies were able to be printed and distributed. Despite crisis and difficulty, Message of Hope (Nepal’s equivalent [...]
Jeremiah 14–17 19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we [...]
‘Walk in wisdom… redeeming the time.’ Colossians 4:5 NKJV One of your greatest possessions—is your next twenty-four hours. How will you spend them? Will you allow television, pointless emails, unimportant tasks, your own impulses, the wrong people or other meaningless distractions to consume your day? Or will you take control of your time and make [...]
‘We were buried with Him through baptism.’ Romans 6:4 NKJV When a couple gets married they put on wedding rings. Could they be married without them? Sure, but the rings identify them as belonging exclusively to one another. We would think it odd if a husband never wanted to go out in public with his [...]
Jeremiah 10–13 13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from [...]
‘Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying.’ John 11:25 NLT The story is told of a nine-year-old boy named Philip who suffered with Down’s Syndrome. In Sunday school the other kids made fun of him because he was different. The Sunday before Easter, the teacher gave each of the kids a plastic [...]
‘For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin.’ 2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT The Roman soldiers may have nailed Jesus to the cross, but what held Him there? The Bible gives us the answer: ‘For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that [...]
Jeremiah 7–9 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body [...]
‘Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?’ Lamentations 1:12 NKJV The following story was written to help us understand what God the Father may have felt on Good Friday. John Griffin was a railway controller and his responsibility was for a drawbridge over the Mississippi River. One day he took his young [...]
SBS's Struggle Street is wrong! There is real hope in Blacktown! Of the twenty suburbs in Ward 5 of Blacktown City Council, fourteen are dominated by public housing. Blocks of units are set aside for prisoners when they first get out of jail. Local councillor Jacqueline Donaldson admits: ‘They are pretty bleak places. But if the [...]
Understanding the Armour of God ‘Having taken up the shield of faith... you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one.’ Ephesians 6:16 ISV The Roman shield was typically curved laminate wood strips, covered with leather and designed to protect the warrior from arrows and javelins. If it had [...]
What an incredible outpouring of love! Last year, Vision and Bible League held a special appeal to raise enough money to put the Word of God into the hands of 5000 prisoners in Aussie correctional centres. But wow! We raised enough to send packages to over 7104 inmates (and still counting!) Thank you for your generosity, grace [...]
Building a Caring Community in the Remote North ‘My wife and I were only talking this morning about Vision180 (Formerly Word4U2day), where it quotes Acts 4:34 and how the early Christians shared everything. She said to me: “Wow! That’s so very aboriginal, isn’t it?”’ Jamie Weidinger is a school chaplain in Normanton, a small remote [...]
‘God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.’ Romans 12:6 NLT To excel at anything, you must discover your major gifts and put them to work. One of Paul’s minor gifts was making tents to help support his ministry, but clearly his major gift was teaching and building churches. You say, ‘How [...]
Jeremiah 4–6 13 Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15 Neither did Herod, [...]
‘My son [my daughter], be wise, and make my heart glad.’ Proverbs 27:11 NKJV Here’s a magic bullet that teenagers like to use in order to manipulate their parents: ‘You don’t trust me!’ So we start backpedalling. ‘No, dear, it’s not that I don’t trust you being out with your friends or taking the car, [...]