Hope for Today | Jenny Ridge
In this morning's devotion, we are reading from Ezra 6: 13-18. As the temple is completed and dedicated, Jenny looks at the topic of hope for today.

In this morning's devotion, we are reading from Ezra 6: 13-18. As the temple is completed and dedicated, Jenny looks at the topic of hope for today.
God gets the victory! He has always had the victory and in this video, Jitesh unpacks how God always wins over his enemies.
In our next devotion on the book of Ezra, John implores us to remember our identity and stand in faith as representatives of Jesus Christ.
This morning Simon reads from Ezra 5: 1-5 where prophetic words released people into the next stage of building. Simon talks about vertical prophecy that aligns us with God's agenda and releases us into action #revival
Elaine reflects after Ezra 4 and helps us understand the need to lament with those who lament and rejoice with those who rejoice.
John reads from Ezra 4, when the rebuilding project faced its first significant opposition.
Restoring and rebuilding the worshipping community. Chris reads from Ezra 3: 8-13.
Putting the first thing first. Jenny reflects on Ezra 3: 1-6
What do you do when you come across Scripture packed with lists of names? Perhaps not the most exciting things, but then again these names were written into God's word, so he has honoured them. In the same way, God has a key role for each of us to play.
Ezra and Nehemiah are stories of second chances. Jitesh introduces our new devotion series.
In this final installment, Chris looks at God's compassion through the story of Jonah.
Using Isaiah 55, Simon looks at a difficult subject about how we become disconnected from this we were expecting or hoping from.
Jitesh helps us understand more about how God's hand comforts and protects us.
Chris looks at God's grace in the life and ministry of Jonah
Elaine reflects on the story of Peter and John encountering the lame man at the Temple Gate.
Elaine reflects on the current status of lockdown and world events, using Psalm 139.
What gets you frustrated? But we are called to show love by being patience. Jenny takes a closer look at this.
Hebrews 12: 24: You have come to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant. Jitesh explores this further asking how far do you think the blood goes?
Elaine takes a look at the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church following the arrival of the Holy Spirit.
From outside the Leicester Chinese Christian Church, Chris takes a look at how revival has been developing in mainland China, despite significant state opposition and the threat (and reality) of suffering #revival
Off the west coast of Scotland is a small group of islands called the Hebrides. Between 1949 and 1952 a wide spread revival swept through these islands in answer to the prayers of God’s people. Instrumental in this revival was the evangelist Duncan Campbell. He came to the Isle of Lewis to conduct a two week evangelistic campaign and ended up staying two years. John takes a closer look #revival
Jitesh looks at this revival that started in 1844 in a small town in Germany and lasted for a few years.
This important renewal movement occurred in the late 1920s and 1930s, seeing significant growth in the East African church into the 1940s. Elaine takes a closer look #revival
In January 1907, across two weeks, the Presbyterian seminary in Pyongyang held a bible conference that led to hundreds confessing their sins. Jenny takes a closer look #revival
Sparked by news of the Revival in Wales and another outbreak of Divine power in the Khassia Hills in Assam, this revival happened in 1905.
William J Seymour saw the start of a 3 year revival beginning on 9 April 1906. In this podcast, Simon Braker takes a closer look at what happened #revival
Wales may be a small nation but there have been several revivals there leading to it being called the Land of Revival. In the 100 years from 1762 there were no less than 16 revivals and Jenny takes a closer look at those in 1858 and 1904.
John Wesley travelled over 250,000 miles in the cause of the Gospel. From George Whitefield, Wesley learned the importance of preaching in the open air to reach the masses. At first he could not imagine souls being saved unless they were in Church, but Jesus' "open-air preaching" of the Sermon on the Mount convinced him it was okay.
In this first look at revivals around the world, John looks at this visitation on 13 August, 1727 there was a powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Moravian community. One historian wrote: "We saw the hand of God and His wonders, and we were all under the cloud of our father baptized with their Spirit. The Holy Ghost came upon us in those days great signs and wonders took place in our midst. From that time, scarcely a day passed but what we beheld His almighty workings amongst us. A grea...
Are you hungry for revival? In this podcast, Elaine looks at how revival must start with us individually before it happens corporately.