What a privilege to participate in Jesus’ ministry. Paul and Barnabas were directed into ministry through Isaiah 49:6: “… I will also make you a […]
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Being nice has become a core value of our age. It is hard to argue against what superficially seems so good. Nice however is rooted […]
I have often been ‘Mr Nice Guy’, yet niceness is not godliness. I read up on the difference between nice and kind and was shocked […]
In our manufacturing age we have ordered life around what is productive and assume Jesus holds the same view. We may acknowledge that Jesus is […]
The call to become a disciple of Jesus is a call to leave. We see this in Psalm 45 where the bride is called to […]
I am so concerned to show myself a responsible servant of Christ that I fail to receive the oil of joy which would give off […]
Our culture tries to smear us with shame for following Christ. Atheism’s angry voice dominates. I want to fit in, yet that means concealing the […]
Living in our hurting world our tendency is either, throw ourselves at the problem, driven by the need, or to harden ourselves to the need […]
When I am driven by a task I find myself clinging to the false hope that this next attempt will succeed. When it fails I […]
My desire for God can be so conflicted. This is seen in Song of Songs 2. 8 … Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, … It […]
The oppression of our self-focused, secular rooted religion is crushing us. We need the freedom only Christ can bring. As Isaiah says, Isaiah 9:4 For […]
When a person meets with God, the impact is not often in the spectacular, but in the fragrance. It is not often in miracles or […]
When I am spiritually empty I get caught up with myself, and forget God. It is a strange emptiness coming either through abandoning routine times […]
Can I trust God for my leaders? A while back I saw someone take a role I felt they were unsuited for. At that time […]
What is the dividing line between presumption and faith. Some take God’s promise to protect us, and enter the lion’s den. Others know the Lord […]