How do you win an audience and gain influence? These are key for getting our message across. Yet in Psalm 2 the Lord challenges, Why […] Where is the audience?
Can I rest when there is so much to do? God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear […] Rest?
We can become proud of our ministry or spirituality. We point to it as a badge of honour. Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t […] Boasting?
We seem to be an unwilling to let go of past times of abundance I think of the good old days, long since ended, … […] Let go of the past
Our western culture could be like this… Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, ‘I am the only […] The end of pleasure?
Our culture has only one question to determine value – “Does it work?” Jesus takes a different view. After feeding the 5000 He leaves. Most […] What do we value?
If God is so great, how come he made me like this? There are many who look at themselves and see only imperfections and a […] Created perfect?
How can we move from the anxious tossing on a bed, to a place of peace? from when you are on your beds, search your […] Finding peace in anxiety
When what we say lifts Jesus as God and acknowledges ourselves as servants then we have the keys of Kingdom. When speaking in independence we […] Keys to the Kingdom 2 comments
When presented with the impossible, I am challenged to be poor in spirit. When my peers flout their wealth, I am challenged to be poor […] Poor in spirit
A living sacrifice does not pick it’s sacrifices, nor determine the cost. A living sacrifice is ready to die to self. If I am to […] Entrust to mercy
Psalm 114 (Message) After Israel left Egypt, the clan of Jacob left those barbarians behind; Judah became holy land for him, Israel the place of […] Freedom from Slavery
Why does the Lord take us through periods of spiritual emptiness? We long for intimacy in worship and the word, but encounter dryness. This seems […] Spiritual emptiness
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. […] Trustworthy to Jesus? 1 comment
Why do the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ Psalm 115:2 This is a question that is being asked of the Church. The question raises […] Where is your God?