by Susan Barnes | 15 Jun 2026 | Short Devotion>People
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 Jeremiah lives through the fall of Jerusalem by the Babylonian...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Nov 2025 | Quoting Other Writers
“There is nothing in the world so damaged that it cannot be repaired by the hand of Almighty God”. This is a quote from, Appointment with Death, a movie adaption of Agatha Christie’s book. The quote isn’t in the book. There are significant...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Jun 2025 | Articles
I love it when Australian sports people snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. A while ago I watched Australia played Pakistan in cricket. It was rain delayed yet Ricky Pointing, the captain, still decided to bat even though it was overcast. The Australians were all...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Jun 2025 | How God Sees Us
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28 In this verse, God doesn’t promise to turn a bad thing into a good thing. Nor does he promise to keep bad things...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Dec 2024 | Articles
I’ve heard statements around churches like, “Nothing will ever change.” Or, “I will never be able to get over what has happened to me.” I’m always bothered by Christians who say something will never change. With God, everything can change. Some are born into or find...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Nov 2024 | Short Devotion
For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. Proverbs 24:16 This proverb recognises that calamity strikes both the wicked and the righteous. However, they respond very differently. The...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Jun 2024 | Book Reviews
Lee Strobel begins his book, The Case for Hope : Looking ahead with confidence and courage, with the importance of hope and how people without hope, like prisoners of war, unaccountably die. Strobel contrasts biblical hope with wishful thinking, blind optimism and...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Dec 2023 | Short Devotion
“I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’” Revelation 6:1 John wept when he thought there was no one worthy to open the scroll (5:4). If the scrolls aren’t opened,...
