My struggle with hope is an indication of how hard I find it to keep my focus on Jesus without being overwhelmed by our spiritual […]
Ministry
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Many imagine that our Lord has no interest in our lives outside of a personal relationship with Him, as if we lived in a spiritual […]
It seems that we so emphasis our relationship with God that we have forgotten who it is we are relating with. We have determined He […]
Paul identifies himself as both a servant of Christ and one entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed (1 Corinthians 4:1). It is to the […]
Few realise that they have been entrusted with anything special. I hear Christians frustrated when others seem unable to grasp things that seem obvious to […]
A sense of horror overwhelmed me as I realised that it was only by the Lord holding me on a tight leash that I was […]
When I focus on my Father, I see His kindness and His justice in the way He tenderly deals with my failure and restores me. […]
The cross stands as an embarrassment! If I proclaim a God of power it is embarrassing that my God was taken to a cross and […]
One of the temptations of spiritual leadership is spiritual prostitution. Ezekiel 16:15-21 spells this out. He begins, “15 But you trusted in your beauty and […]
When we think we have ‘the answer’ in a spiritual pathway, then we risk worldliness. Paul says, Brothers and sisters, I could not address you […]
The division between Spirit and Word is a false dichotomy of our time played out between conservatives and charismatics. Do I experience God through the […]
Why would God allow a law changing the understanding of marriage to go through parliament? As I pondered in prayer, it occurred to me that […]
Who is willing and patient enough to engage with God in offensive spiritual warfare? Psalm 110 shows how. ‘Sit at my right hand until I […]
When I read of the collapse of God’s people in the last days of Israel before the Assyrian invasion, I am amazed that godliness could […]
I can feel the burden of ministry and a responsibility to serve. Yet ‘He says, “I removed the burden from their shoulders, their hands were […]