Trusting God is a challenging thing to do at the best of times. It’s difficult when you are used to relying on yourself. So it’s not unusual that you are instructed to trust God with relationships, but in your fear or pride, you feel the need to help God out by taking matters into your […]
Read More Who Sorts Out Church?I woke up really early one morning. A group of us were going (well actually cruising) through Paul’s letters to the church in Corinth. I read 2 Corinthians 3 and was struck by this verse. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from […]
Read More Not As It IsFeeling like you’ve got it all in control is a remarkable feeling. It’s the sort of feeling that allows you to go on holiday with greatly reduced stress. It’s the sort of feeling that allows you to go shopping without being concerned as to whether or not you’ll not have enough to cover it. It’s […]
Read More Finding Sufficiency In InadequacyPraying is very good. In prayer we communicate with God and He communicates with us. There we can pour our hearts out to Him. Pour out our worries, pour out our cares, pour out our love and pour out our praises. It really is quite something. There is the issue, however, of sometimes asking God […]
Read More Who Is Faithful?There are some people who are absolutely obsessed with studying end times. They read scriptures and make the most seemingly obscure and tenuous connections to establish huge constructs of blow by blow action of how and when things will reach its climax. I come across some whose obsession with it is rather creepy. They are […]
Read More Stay AlertThere is a reason why God has made it clear that this Christian pathway is not a solo journey. There are reasons, but one in particular became very clear to me recently. I was going through some really difficult decisions to be made, and I was honest enough to understand I needed help. My wife […]
Read More Working It Out By FaithThe majority of my time awake in a week is not spent with my family. The majority of my time awake in a week is not spent in church. The majority of my time awake in a week is spent at work. I make a profession of faith to follow Jesus and follow His lead […]
Read More At Work For HimIt’s very easy to be critical. Very easy. I’m a master at the art. If I stick around something long enough and I can carefully go about showing just how bad the thing is. Over the years I’ve understood that this practice is very limiting in its capacity to bring about the real joy of […]
Read More Finding The FaithfulThis video is the inspiration for this post. The key was the part where David Stephens contrasts what faith is as opposed to what presumption is. The whole section of the necessity for God to initiate faith, rather than my presumption starting something and expecting God to show up was a splendid and refreshing reminder […]
Read More Suffering From Spiritual TinnitusIn his letter to the church in Ephesus – a letter I rather enjoy reading – Paul informs the readers/listeners among other things that they are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You ever thought about what that means? If not, it’s worth considering what on earth – or in heaven – Paul means […]
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