The image below shows some of the intricate brickwork on the exterior wall of Aston Hall, where we are so privileged to live and to pray.

A verse from our New Testament reading, from 1 Corinthians: ‘You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God’.

St John Chrysostom commented: ‘Paul says this to make the Corinthians feel ashamed of themselves. He asks them to think about the great evils from which God had delivered them. But God did not limit his salvation to mere deliverance. He greatly extended the benefit by making them clean, by going on to make them holy and finally by making them righteous in his sight. Even bare deliverance from our sins would have been a great gift, but God has gone on from that to fill us with countless blessings’.

Today, may we know the great blessings that God has bestowed upon us, and may this increase our love and trust in Him. May He bless you this day.