“How great the pain of searing loss, The Father turns His face away”
Read MoreJesus placed His faith and hope in God, and love might continue to be eternally supreme! Therefore we who believe in Jesus cannot condemned to die, for love saves!
Read More…our work for the Lord must be produced by faith. Our labour for the Lord must be motivated by love and our capacity to endure must be inspired by hope.
Read MoreI’m pretty sure there’s a book somewhere out there that’s called “Too busy NOT to pray”…?
Read MorePrayer is so powerful, because as we constantly talk things through with God, we are actively committing and submitting our ways and actions and thoughts to God - which constantly realigns our will with His.
Read MoreWe are filled with the Spirit, Christ himself, and the love of God. This is certainly only the beginning, but what wondrous things to have filling us. Meditate on this!
Read MoreThe trap to begin with our self is that we tend to base our identity on what we do, or what we have.
Read MoreWhen I was around 6yo, I learnt that it was not smart to get between a mamma and her baby goat. Feeling taller, yet no more wiser,
Read MoreToday, how is your rhythm of life looking? Worship - work - play - rest. How are you travelling? What needs to be tweaked to get the right balance in your life?
Read MoreWould it really make a difference if I learn to gaze upon Christ and his glorious position at the right hand of the Father in Heaven?
Read MoreMatthew 28:18 (ESV): And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
Read MoreInstead, her heart was open to the infilling of the Holy Spirit as it descended upon her to proclaim and prophecy that she had been visited by “the mother of my Lord.”
Read MoreLord, thank you that your plans are perfect and good and complete. We know that we can never fully understand, but by your Spirit strengthen us to trust you in the midst of our pain.
Read MoreWe confess the mystery and wonder of God made flesh and rejoice in our great salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. With the Father and the Holy Spirit, the Son created all things, sustains all things, and makes all things new. Truly God, He became truly man, two natures in one person. He was born of the Virgin Mary and lived among us. Crucified, dead, and buried, He rose on the third day, ascended to heaven, and will come again in glory and judgment. For us, He kept the Law, atoned for sin, and satisfied God’s wrath. He took our filthy rags and gave us His righteous robe. He is our Prophet, Priest, and King, building His church, interceding for us, and reigning over all things. Jesus Christ is Lord; we praise His holy Name forever. Amen.
Read MoreThe people hearing Jesus in Mark 6 did not want to contend with their amazement, rather they subjected Jesus to their own understanding, and in their own way, reduced Jesus making Him equal to them, if not inferior.
Read MoreThe names of God are amazing - they describe the nature and work of God - and in both nature and work of the Lord, the words below are never incompatible nor in disagreement.
Read MoreWhatever you believe about Jesus, if you believe Jesus was born, and if you believe some of the things Jesus did, to explain the maths of what was said about Jesus years before His birth is nothing but astonishing!
Read MoreIn Luke 7:25, speaking of John, and himself, Jesus calls ‘living by faith in the promises of God, and obedience’ – wisdom, saying wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.
Read MoreHere's the thing that struck me just a couple of days ago when I was looking at this again... He knows what it's like to be you!
Read MoreBut there is also great value in reflecting back on what the Lord has spoken to us as we worship Him! From just our current year…
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