Baptisms. I love ’em. For the sake of the argument I am referring to believer’s baptism rather than infant baptism. True story: I have not seen an infant baptism in real life. Anyway, I love baptisms. It’s brilliant seeing people make a public declaration of allegiance with Jesus Christ. On a number of occasions those […]
Read More What Have You Got Yourself Into?The Old Testament prophets had a tough gig. There were the occasions when they could reassure the people of God that they would win the battle they were about to fight. As mouthpieces for God they were primarily there to share the heart of God on the matter and that ultimately looked at getting people […]
Read More An Emerging Voice For JusticeWhen I’m at my lowest low, no one picks me up like Jesus. He rescues me from the state of despair that often paralyses any effort to be a functioning member of society. In my darkest hour the light of His way enables me to see the way out and that not even the darkness […]
Read More Joy Of Your SalvationIt must have been something for Mary to have had the amazing and largely unconventional visit from Gabriel. The next recorded incident in the narrative makes me chuckle. Can you imagine it. Lizzie just hears her cousin go “Hello Elizabeth!” and literally something drops in her Spirit and she’s up and at the races talking […]
Read More The Comfort Of A Word Of ConfirmationAbraham, Jacob, Gideon and Mary. Not names you would usually associate together but they have something in common. They had a divine encounters that allowed them to find out who God called them to be. Sometimes it came through a name change. Sometimes it came from an angel, yet in each case the person in […]
Read More When God Tells You Who You AreWhat were we like before shame? It’s such a powerful state to find yourself in. So crippling. The combination of feelings of embarrassment, fear and withdrawal prevents any chance of full acceptance and true intimacy in a wider sense. Sometimes it’s something within that causes it – a response to an incident for example. Sometimes […]
Read More He Takes Away The ShameThe human condition is funny. A number of times you read in the Bible, an interaction take place where God, directly or through a messenger tells someone a number of points, all of which ends with a final outcome far greater than the current situation. Yet the listener always misses the point because they’re stuck […]
Read More Missing The Point – Why Sometimes We Should Just Shut UpI had a bad day. When I get bad days I have different responses. Sometimes I become morose and there’s little that can drag me out of a low. Sometimes I distract myself with loads of other work. There are times I even talk it through with Jesus. As we sit and talk it through […]
Read More Questions and StuffIt doesn’t require someone whose paranoid or an alarmist to be aware of the fact that the world we live in is not always safe. Indeed news bulletins often point out just how unsafe we are whether by reports of burglaries or kidnappings, the viewer is brought into a keen understanding that anything can happen. […]
Read More This Is A Safe PlaceThe single human voice is a powerful instrument. Hearing a gifted voice convey a message on it’s own can be quite the moving experience and you can truly appreciate tone and feeling by it. Yet there can be no doubt that all you have to do is add another voice that accompanies that one, taking […]
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