Sandyknowes Blog

Living beside the busiest roundabout in Northern Ireland gives plenty of opportunity for watching the world go by. Sandyknowes Blog is the personal blog of Niall Lockhart (minister of Ballyhenry). Pull in and have a read…

‘While they were still talking about this, Jesus Himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ (Luke 24 vs 36)

The disciples were in bits. Their whole lives had collapsed down around them. It was about three years since each of them had first met Jesus and heard His call ‘Follow me.’ They had left their work, left their families, left their home towns and followed. It had been a time in their lives like no other, ups downs, moments of faith, times of confusion, but always Jesus was with them. 

Daily Words - Our Lord

‘Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.’ (Philippians 2 vs 9-11 NIV)

We’ve friends who recently had a baby, and when that news comes through often the first question is ‘Any names?’ Names are important. Sometimes people pick a name because they like it and sometimes a name is picked because it means something. 

In Matthew 1 the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. He told him that his fiancé Mary was going to have a baby and He hold him what name he was to give the child.

'Therefore, brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus’ (Hebrews 3 vs 1)

‘For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ (Romans 8 vs 38-39 NIV)

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