When I really want something, I look on the Bible as a hindrance, getting in the way of what I want. I want to rebel […]
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The Lord loves us but he does not entrust himself to us. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. […]
With God, what we declare on earth is declared in heaven. He fulfils what we commit to in union with Him. Psalm 132 is a […]
I was overcome by fear and anger. Someone had made a threatening comment and I was churned up inside. My mind would turn on this […]
The Lord initiates with me by showing kindness when He rescues me from my disaster. What catches my attention is when He does it without […]
The arguments I hold in my mind expose secondary issues that have supplanted my Father as the one to be worshipped. In Psalm 76 the […]
In a crisis I am tempted to force a solution. The Lord shows a different way – Isaiah 56 1‘Maintain justice and do what is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
The Lord has been asking me, ‘What is it that you want?’ I am left struggling. In the past I have known clearly what I […]
Many think of freedom as ‘Free from’; free from those who limit us; free from the rules that stop us having what we want. So […]
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 […]