Approach to God – Page 4

I experience a thrill when the Lord opens his word to me. When the messages are few and far between, I wonder if the lack […]

When God seems far away

Through the training of life’s trials comes hope, And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our […]

Experiencing the love of God through training.

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Many are exiles from God’s presence wanting happiness through the fixing of their brokenness. The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to […]

Happiness?

If the heart of the Christian life is a relationship with Jesus, the measure of that relationship is our loyalty to him. But they put […]

Loyalty to God?

Trusting God is easy when all is well, but when we are on the edge emotions challenge truth. A dread of failure and shame can […]

On the edge yet hopeful

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There have been times when I have been so hungry spiritually, but can’t bear to read the Bible through which I come to Jesus the […]

Can’t read the Bible?

Why would the Lord leave me with constant background fear? He says he will deliver me from them all. I sought the Lord, and he […]

Why isn’t life always ‘peaches and cream?’

Through putting us in a variety of situations the Lord tests our hearts. The Lord is in his holy temple … He observes everyone on earth; his eyes […]

Known

I am so used to the idea that we honour God that I don’t think much about God choosing to honour his people. Yet in […]

Honoured by God

We imagine those who are deeply spiritual and those who are effective in ministry ascending into heaven to be with Jesus. But the righteousness that […]

Salvation the great leveller

For many who acknowledge Jesus, the term ‘Jesus is Lord’ is their ticket to heaven. After all the Bible says, If you declare with your […]

What does Jesus is Lord mean?

Jesus never became chummy with the opinion shapers of his society. Without the Jesus factor their approval, however valued by people, was worthless. And the Father […]