Gus Cameron

8 October 2026

Romans 6:15-23

Gus Cameron

8 October 2026

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

REFLECTIONS

Written by Stephen Shead

Only today, I had a conversation with my daughter about freedom. She had a philosophy class at Uni about the concept of freedom and how different philosophers have tried to define it. Lots of people (including philosophers) assume that freedom means being able to do whatever you want, good or bad. If there are any restrictions put on me (like, “don’t sin!”), then I’m not free, am I?

Paul had obviously encountered people who applied the same logic to the gospel of grace – and it was causing major confusion for them. They thought: If we’re not under law, if we’re saved by God’s grace alone through faith in Christ, then why should I be motivated to be godly or to struggle against sin? Logically, if I don’t have to obey God’s laws to be saved, I’m free to sin, right?

But the thing is, life isn’t just about logic. It’s about the beauty and goodness of God. And true freedom doesn’t mean having no restrictions and no principles. True freedom is about relationship, goodness, and being conformed to the image of Christ.

In other words, true freedom is knowing, delighting, and choosing the path of obeying God and becoming like Christ in our thoughts, ambitions and actions – our heads, hearts and hands. As Paul says, being set free from sin means becoming “slaves to righteousness” (v 18), “slaves to God” (v 22). Jesus himself said: “Everyone who sins is a slave to sin … So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:34-36). Not free to sin, but freed from the need to sin, freed from the old master that only seeks to kill you.

If you sometimes struggle to be motivated to fight against sin – because it takes fight and repentance and prayer! – is it partly that you’ve fallen for the twisted logic that says, “Freedom means it’s kind of OK to sin”? Reflect, prayerfully, on Paul’s gospel logic today. In Jesus, God has rescued us from the thing that will only lead to depravity, death, and eternal despair away from God – he has rescued us from sin. What glorious news! That means, more than ever before, you can now do the best thing for you, the thing that will lead you to life, joy, and ultimately eternal glory – you can offer your mind, heart and body to God. You are free to be his slave. What glorious news! Do you want to take hold of that true, life-giving gift of freedom?

As you pray today, begin your prayer with the following words (which come from the Anglican Prayer Book): “Loving Father, whose service is perfect freedom…”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sarah is a member of our Fairfield morning congregation.

Gus Cameron

7 October 2026

Romans 6:8-14

Gus Cameron

7 October 2026

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. 11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. 13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

REFLECTIONS

Written by James Davidson

Our present is often shaped by our future. If I am looking forward to a holiday, I will be busy now finding accommodation, booking travel and planning things to do and see. The same is true of our Christian lives. Looking to the future will help us defeat sin now. Because of our union with Christ by faith, just as he has been bodily raised to live with God forever, so when he returns, we will be bodily raised to live with God forever. Then we will never be tempted to sin, we will never sin and we will never die. We will serve God gladly and completely forever. The prospect of this wonderful future should transform how we live now. Paul says, “Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.” If our future is to be completely done with sin, why would we want to put ourselves back under its mastery now? If our future is to be completely done with death, why would we want to do that which is worthy of death now? If our future is glad obedience, why not strive for that now?

Let’s pray. Father, thank you that we have a future of glad obedience to look forward to, because of Jesus. May this solid hope enable us to increasingly turn away from sin and choose obedience. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James is an Assistant Minister with our Bossley Park Morning congregation.

Gus Cameron

6 October 2026

Romans 6:1-7

Gus Cameron

6 October 2026

1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer? 3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. 7 For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

REFLECTIONS

Written by Elise Beck

Imagine a firefighter rescues you from your house that is on fire. Once you’re safely outside, you say, “Amazing! Since you’re so good at rescuing me, I’ll run back inside so you can rescue me again.” That would be crazy, wouldn’t it? Yet as followers of Christ, I wonder if that can sometimes be how we think about sin and God’s grace.

The message that we are saved by grace can be so familiar to us. God sent his one and only Son to die on the cross so that we can be forgiven. What an incredible display of God’s grace towards us. But Paul reminds us here that God’s grace isn’t a free ticket to run back into the fire and continue living in sin.

What struck me as I read this passage was Paul’s description of what has happened to us. Our old self has been crucified with Christ. The person I was before Christ, has died with him. I’m no longer a slave to sin. I’ve been given a new life to live.

And that made me ask myself: Do I actually live as though I am alive from the dead? Do I see my whole life, my heart, my body, my time and my decisions as belonging to God?

As I reflected on that, I realised how often I still think of my life as my own. I can easily think, “What will make me happy? What do I want to do? What is easiest or most comfortable for me?”. But this passage reminded me that my life is no longer simply my own. I have been united with Christ. My old life has died with him, and I am no longer a slave to my own sinful desires.

And I found that both challenging and freeing. Because God’s grace doesn’t just mean that I have just been forgiven for my old sinful life; it means I have been freed to live a new one. So the question I want to keep asking myself is: If I have been given new life in Christ, what would it look like for me to actually live like it today?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elise is one of our Ministry Trainees.

Gus Cameron

5 October 2026

Romans 5:18-21

Gus Cameron

5 October 2026

18 So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

REFLECTIONS

Written by Rebecca Shead

It wasn’t that long ago that we were living through a pandemic and enduring strict lockdowns. We were wearing masks, sanitising our hands (and everything that we touched!) all the time, and standing at least 1.5m away from each other. If someone caught COVID-19, they had to isolate themselves from everybody else. During the strictest lockdown phases, that meant everybody who lived in the same house was also required to stay home because they were a “close contact” of the sick person. They were contaminated by association, and in many cases, they also caught COVID-19.

Today’s passage says sin is a bit like that. Adam sinned first, and because he sinned, every single person is also condemned as a sinner (v18-19). We are like “close contacts” of Adam! There is no escape. We have already seen earlier, in Romans 3:23, that every single one of us is a sinner and falls short of the standard God requires.

But thankfully we now have another “close contact” – Jesus! Jesus was 100% obedient to his Father (v19b), even to death on the cross, which was his “one act of righteousness” in v18. Instead of contaminating us with sin and death, being connected to Jesus means we share in his righteousness, enjoy forgiveness of our sin, and receive eternal life.

There are only two options – either you are a still a close contact of Adam and therefore facing God’s judgment for your sin, or you are connected to Jesus by trusting in his death and resurrection to save you from your sin and bring eternal life. Which one are you?

Join me in praying that God will help us to keep trusting him, and not be drawn back into sin. And pray for the people you know who don’t yet trust Jesus and are still in their sin.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rebecca is a member of our Bossley Park morning congregation.

Gus Cameron

3 October 2026

Romans 5:12-17

Gus Cameron

3 October 2026

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. 13 For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many! 16 Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

REFLECTIONS

Written by Stephen Shead

Paul’s logic in this passage is notoriously hard to follow, but in a nutshell, he’s explaining why God’s gift of justification and eternal life can only come through one man – Jesus Christ.

It all has to do with having someone as our representative. In the modern West, we tend to think each person is an island. I don’t like to think that my life and my destiny are tied to anyone else’s destiny. But God has made us interconnected and interdependent beings. In particular, he sees us all in connection with Adam – which is bad news for us. Adam, our representative, received a clear warning from God that disobeying him would lead to the punishment of death: “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die” (Genesis 2:17).

Adam’s decision to eat didn’t just bring sin into the world. It drew a line from sin to death – and that line applies to all of us, because we are all counted in Adam. Our sin is “taken into account” (v 13) – that is, it brings the punishment of eternal death – because of Adam’s trespass (v 15).

The only way for that line to be broken and a new line drawn – a line from sin to eternal life! – is for God to connect us to a different representative. And the only one who can possibly stand as that representative – whose obedience and grace and righteousness are big enough to conquer the evil and brutality of countless generations of sinners – is the Son of God become man, Jesus Christ.

We’ll hear more about the links between Adam and Jesus tomorrow. But as I reflected on these verses, one more think struck me: God’s gift to us in Jesus is wildly excessive! Yes, he chose to have mercy and forgive our sin – but why should that mean we will “reign in life” (v 17)? Why is our new destiny, as we heard back in verse 2, to “rejoice in the hope of the glory of God”? Share in God’s glory?? It’s a bit like having a speeding ticket cancelled, and in its place, the court awards you a $20 million waterfront mansion. Why is God’s gift so over-the-top?

Because that is Jesus’ reward for his perfect righteousness and his obedience to the cross. It’s God’s gift to Jesus, given by raising him from the dead. And if you trust in Jesus, he is your new Adam – your new representative.

Aren’t you glad now that you’re not an island? Thanks be to God for his gift – that we will “reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ” (v 17).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen is our Senior Minister.

Gus Cameron

2 October 2026

Romans 5:6-11

Gus Cameron

2 October 2026

6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! 10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! 11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

REFLECTIONS

Written by Sheina Chen

I usually think of myself as a nice person. So when the Bible says, “Love your enemies” (Matt 5:44), I think smugly to myself – oh, that’s not too hard – I don’t have any enemies.

But that’s because, thankfully, there aren’t people who are oppressing me or threatening my life. Even those who have wronged me have done it in ways that I’ve been able to move past. But that’s certainly not the case for most people. Many of us have felt deep pain when someone wrongs us.

And so a passage like this, which talks about God’s love for sinners, seems so impossible. When I compare God’s response to his enemies, and my response to my enemies, its worlds apart. If someone seriously wronged me, I would hate them. Or at the very least, I would completely avoid them.

But here, Christ died for the ungodly (V6), for sinners (v7), for his enemies (V10). He died for those who were completely against him. And that’s you and me. People who had completely turned away from God, people who had sinned against him again and again.

And that’s when I am so thankful that God’s love is far, far greater than my love. He doesn’t stay angry or walk away, like I would. I am so thankful that God’s love for us is so great – that he wants us to be reconciled with him. What joyful news, and what an undeserved gift!

Sometimes I feel my sin very strongly. When I’ve been impatient and argued with my husband, when I am too materialistic and greedy for the things of this world. Or even when I wrestle with sins which I find harder to confess publicly. But this passage gives me such assurance – God sees me in all of my weakness. He knows that my heart was turned away from him, and will always be tempted to turn away. And yet, he loved me, and gave his Son for me. And the same is true for you. Our God is so wonderful!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sheina is a member of our Bossley Park Morning congregation.

Gus Cameron

1 October 2026

Romans 5:1-5

Gus Cameron

1 October 2026

1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

REFLECTIONS

Written by Stephen Shead

Today we’re returning to Paul’s letter to the church in Rome, which we started back in June. In the first four chapters, he explained the doctrine of justification, which is the foundation of God’s saving work in Jesus. All people without exception are guilty before God and deserve to be condemned on the Day of Judgment. But the glorious news is that God sent Jesus to die and rise again as the atoning sacrifice for our sin. That means we can now be “justified by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:23-24). That is, if we trust in Jesus, God the judge declares us to be “righteous”. He acquits us of all guilt, even now, before the Day of Judgment.

That was chapters 1 to 4. But justification isn’t the sum total of all the mercies that God pours out on those who put their faith in Jesus as Lord. There are so many more blessings that are built on top of justification, and in chapters 5 to 8, Paul explains those, as well as answering questions about the gospel of grace.

Today’s verses are a just a taster of those blessings. Being justified brings a new relationship of peace with God, and it brings hope even when we suffer, because we know we will share in God’s glory for eternity. Most of all, it brings the knowledge that God now loves you with an undying, unquenchable, unconditional, eternal love. That’s what Paul means by “God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit” (v 5) – he doesn’t mean that God has made us more loving (though he has). His point is that, when we trust in Christ, the Holy Spirit assures us of God’s amazing love for us (we’ll hear more about that love tomorrow).

Normally, if you’re accused of a crime and hauled in front of a judge, even if the judge acquits you and “justifies” you, that doesn’t mean you’ll become best buddies with the judge. The judge won’t punish you, but he’ll will walk out of the courtroom and never have anything to do with you again. If the only thing God did for us through Jesus was justify us, it might be like that.

Thankfully, the blessings God pours out on us in Jesus are so much more! Justification is just the start. Thank God now for all the rest – for peace with him, for joy in suffering, for hope of everlasting glory, and for his amazing and constant love.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen is our Senior Minister.

Gus Cameron

30 September 2026

Psalm 122 & 123

Gus Cameron

30 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Psalm 122

A song of ascents. Of David.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
2 Our feet are standing in your gates,
O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is built up
as a city united together,
4 where the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD,
as a testimony for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 For there the thrones of judgment stand,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you prosper.
7 May there be peace within your walls,
and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
8 For the sake of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek your prosperity.

psalm 123

A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to You,
the One enthroned in heaven.
2 As the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes are on the LORD our God
until He shows us mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy,
for we have endured much contempt.
4 We have endured much scorn from the arrogant,
much contempt from the proud.

REFLECTIONS

Now think about the two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.

Gus Cameron

29 September 2026

Psalm 120 & 121

Gus Cameron

29 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Psalm 120

A song of ascents.
1 In my distress I cried to the LORD,
and He answered me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD,
from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
3 What will He do to you,
and what will be added to you,
O deceitful tongue?
4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior,
with burning coals of the broom tree!
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I dwelt
among those who hate peace.
7 I am in favor of peace;
but when I speak, they want war.

psalm 121

A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.
4 Behold, the Protector of Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your keeper;
the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
6 The sun will not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will guard you from all evil;
He will preserve your soul.
8 The LORD will watch over your coming and going,
both now and forevermore.

REFLECTIONS

Now think about the two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.

Gus Cameron

28 September 2026

Psalm 119:145-176

Gus Cameron

28 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD!
I will obey Your statutes.
146 I call to You; save me,
that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help;
in Your word I have put my hope.
148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night,
that I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion;
give me life according to Your justice.
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near;
they are far from Your law.
151 You are near, O LORD,
and all Your commandments are true.
152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies
that You have established them forever.
153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me;
revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD;
revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 Though my persecutors and foes are many,
I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing
because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD;
give me life according to Your loving devotion.
160 The entirety of Your word is truth,
and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
161 Rulers persecute me without cause,
but my heart fears only Your word.
162 I rejoice in Your promise
like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but Your law I love.
164 Seven times a day I praise You
for Your righteous judgments.
165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction;
nothing can make them stumble.
166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD,
and I carry out Your commandments.
167 I obey Your testimonies
and love them greatly.
168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies,
for all my ways are before You.
169 May my cry come before You, O LORD;
give me understanding according to Your word.
170 May my plea come before You;
rescue me according to Your promise.
171 My lips pour forth praise,
for You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your word,
for all Your commandments are righteous.
173 May Your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD,
and Your law is my delight.
175 Let me live to praise You;
may Your judgments sustain me.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep;
seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

26 September 2026

Psalm 119:121-144

Gus Cameron

26 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

121 I have done what is just and right;
do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being;
do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation,
and for Your righteous promise.
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion,
and teach me Your statutes.
125 I am Your servant; give me understanding,
that I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for the LORD to act,
for they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold,
even the purest gold.
128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts
and hate every false way.
129 Wonderful are Your testimonies;
therefore I obey them.
130 The unfolding of Your words gives light;
it informs the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant,
longing for Your commandments.
132 Turn to me and show me mercy,
as You do to those who love Your name.
133 Order my steps in Your word;
let no sin rule over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man,
that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant,
and teach me Your statutes.
136 My eyes shed streams of tears
because Your law is not obeyed.
137 Righteous are You, O LORD,
and upright are Your judgments.
138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous
and altogether faithful.
139 My zeal has consumed me
because my foes forget Your words.
140 Your promise is completely pure;
therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am lowly and despised,
but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting
and Your law is true.
143 Trouble and distress have found me,
but Your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, that I may live.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

25 September 2026

Psalm 119:97-120

Gus Cameron

25 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

97 Oh, how I love Your law!
All day long it is my meditation.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are always with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I discern more than the elders,
for I obey Your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path,
that I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances,
for You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste—
sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from Your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed
that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD;
revive me through Your word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
and teach me Your judgments.
109 I constantly take my life in my hands,
yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me,
but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes,
even to the very end.
113 The double-minded I despise,
but Your law I love.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
I put my hope in Your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may obey the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me as You promised, that I may live;
let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me, and I will be saved,
that I may always regard Your statutes.
118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes,
for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross;
therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles in awe of You;
I stand in fear of Your judgments.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

24 September 2026

Psalm 119:73-96

Gus Cameron

24 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
74 May those who fear You see me and rejoice,
for I have hoped in Your word.
75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous,
and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray,
according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live,
for Your law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie;
I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 May those who fear You turn to me,
those who know Your testimonies.
80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
that I may not be put to shame.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.
82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How many days must Your servant wait?
When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me
in violation of Your law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful;
I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 They almost wiped me from the earth,
but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion,
that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting;
it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations;
You established the earth, and it endures.
91 Your ordinances stand to this day,
for all things are servants to You.
92 If Your law had not been my delight,
then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts,
for by them You have revived me.
94 I am Yours; save me,
for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked wait to destroy me,
but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but Your commandment is without limit.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

23 September 2026

Psalm 119:49-72

Gus Cameron

23 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

49 Remember Your word to Your servant,
upon which You have given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in affliction,
that Your promise has given me life.
51 The arrogant utterly deride me,
but I do not turn from Your law.
52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD,
and in them I find comfort.
53 Rage has taken hold of me
because of the wicked who reject Your law.
54 Your statutes are songs to me
in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name,
that I may keep Your law.
56 This is my practice,
for I obey Your precepts.
57 The LORD is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.
58 I have sought Your face with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 I considered my ways
and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
60 I hurried without hesitating
to keep Your commandments.
61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me,
I do not forget Your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks
for Your righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend to all who fear You,
and to those who keep Your precepts.
64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD;
teach me Your statutes.
65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD,
according to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
but now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, and You do what is good;
teach me Your statutes.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,
I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are hard and callous,
but I delight in Your law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted,
that I might learn Your statutes.
72 The law from Your mouth is more precious to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

22 September 2026

Psalm 119:25-48

Gus Cameron

22 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

25 My soul cleaves to the dust;
revive me according to Your word
26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me;
teach me Your statutes.
27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts;
then I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul melts with sorrow;
strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove me from the path of deceit
and graciously grant me Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set Your ordinances before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD;
let me not be put to shame.
32 I run in the path of Your commandments,
for You will enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,
and I will keep them to the end.
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law,
and follow it with all my heart.
35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments,
for there I find delight.
36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies
and not to covetous gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
revive me with Your word.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant,
to produce reverence for You.
39 Turn away the disgrace I dread,
for Your judgments are good.
40 How I long for Your precepts!
Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD,
Your salvation, according to Your promise.
42 Then I can answer him who taunts,
for I trust in Your word.
43 Never take Your word of truth from my mouth,
for I hope in Your judgments.
44 I will always obey Your law,
forever and ever.
45 And I will walk in freedom,
for I have sought Your precepts.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings,
and I will not be ashamed.
47 I delight in Your commandments
because I love them.
48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love,
and I meditate on Your statutes.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

21 September 2026

Psalm 119:1-24

Gus Cameron

21 September 2026

Over the next week or so, we are going to read the long and majestic Psalm 119. This psalm has a single theme: the word of God – that is, the Bible. It uses a range of different words to talk about God’s word, like “law”, “testimony”, “commandment”, “judgment” and “promise”. Don’t read these as negative ideas. For the writer of the psalm, all God’s words are beautiful and good, and they show the path to life.

The psalm is an Old Testament preview of God’s goal for those who trust in Christ – when we receive Jesus’ forgiveness, he writes his law in our hearts to change us so that we begin to delight in his word (Jeremiah 31:31-34).

We’re going to read this in blocks of 24 verses per day. But the questions I’ll ask are different to our normal Psalms questions:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the Law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies
and seek Him with all their heart.
3 They do no iniquity;
they walk in His ways.
4 You have ordained Your precepts,
that we should keep them diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were committed
to keeping Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed
when I consider all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with an upright heart
when I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to Your word.
10 With all my heart I have sought You;
do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11 I have hidden Your word in my heart
that I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD;
teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I proclaim
all the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies
as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts
and regard Your ways.
16 I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant,
that I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes that I may see
wondrous things from Your law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth;
do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing
for Your judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant—
the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
22 Remove my scorn and contempt,
for I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Though rulers sit and slander me,
Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight;
they are my counselors.

REFLECTIONS

Now reflect on our questions for Psalm 119:

1. Can you imagine Jesus praying this to his Father?

2. Is there some situation or area in your life where you need to take God’s word to heart and seek his way?

3. Which part of this do you want to say to God?

Then pray.

Gus Cameron

19 September 2026

Psalm 118:15-29

Gus Cameron

19 September 2026

Psalm 118 is an astounding prophecy of the victory of Jesus the Messiah over sin and death, to display God’s goodness and rescue his people. The first half of the Psalm was full of echoes of the exodus, when God rescued Israel and brought them through the Red Sea – but instead of Israel in the past, God brings his Messiah through the jaws of death, and the Messiah strikes down God’s great foes: sin and death.

In the second half, we will hear the voices of God’s people opening the gate for their victorious king to enter his temple, and we will hear the voice of the Messiah giving thanks and praise to God his Father.

As you read, keep in mind our two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

15 Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted!
The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
17 I will not die, but I will live
and proclaim what the LORD has done.
18 The LORD disciplined me severely,
but He has not given me over to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.
21 I will give You thanks, for You have answered me,
and You have become my salvation.
22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
23 This is from the LORD,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day that the LORD has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 O LORD, save us, we pray.
We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.
From the house of the LORD we bless you.
27 The LORD is God;
He has made His light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords
to the horns of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will give You thanks.
You are my God, and I will exalt You.
29 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
His loving devotion endures forever.

REFLECTIONS

Now think about the two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.

Gus Cameron

18 September 2026

Psalm 118:1-14

Gus Cameron

18 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
His loving devotion endures forever.
2 Let Israel say,
“His loving devotion endures forever.”
3 Let the house of Aaron say,
“His loving devotion endures forever.”
4 Let those who fear the LORD say,
“His loving devotion endures forever.”
5 In my distress I called to the LORD,
and He answered and set me free.
6 The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
7 The LORD is on my side; He is my helper.
Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
10 All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
11 They surrounded me on every side,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
12 They swarmed around me like bees,
but they were extinguished like burning thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
13 I was pushed so hard I was falling,
but the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and my song,
and He has become my salvation.

REFLECTIONS

Now think about the two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.

Gus Cameron

17 September 2026

Psalm 116 & 117

Gus Cameron

17 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?
Psalm 116

1 I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—
my appeal for mercy.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
I will call on Him as long as I live.
3 The ropes of death entangled me;
the anguish of Sheol overcame me;
I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, deliver my soul!”
5 The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
6 The LORD preserves the simplehearted;
I was helpless, and He saved me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”11 In my alarm I said,
“All men are liars!”
12 How can I repay the LORD
for all His goodness to me?
13 I will lift the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the LORD.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all His people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of His saints.
16 Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have broken my bonds.
17 I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the LORD.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all His people,
19 in the courts of the LORD’s house,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!

Psalm 117

1 Praise the LORD, all you nations!
Extol Him, all you peoples!
2 For great is His loving devotion toward us,
and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.
Hallelujah!

REFLECTIONS

Now think about the two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.

Gus Cameron

16 September 2026

Psalm 115

Gus Cameron

16 September 2026

As you read, keep in mind our two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us,
but to Your name be the glory,
because of Your loving devotion,
because of Your faithfulness.
2 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
3 Our God is in heaven;
He does as He pleases.
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
made by the hands of men.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak;
they have eyes, but cannot see;
6 they have ears, but cannot hear;
they have noses, but cannot smell;
7 they have hands, but cannot feel;
they have feet, but cannot walk;
they cannot even clear their throats.
8 Those who make them become like them,
as do all who trust in them.
9 O Israel, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and shield.
12 The LORD is mindful of us;
He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron;
13 He will bless those who fear the LORD—
small and great alike.
14 May the LORD give you increase,
both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth He has given to mankind.
17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
nor any who descend into silence.
18 But it is we who will bless the LORD,
both now and forevermore.
Hallelujah!

REFLECTIONS

Now think about the two questions:

What things in this Psalm can I relate to?
Is there anything in the Psalm that makes me think of Jesus?

Then pray, seeking to delight in God or to depend on God.