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00197 - Enveloped By His love
Who would send His son, to die for us ? who would always advocate for our future ? He is your Heavenly Father. Psalm 139:7-10 says ‘Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast’. (NIV) It’s time to accept that God wants
00196 - Don’t Go Overboard With Presents
Christmas is coming and with the cost of living crisis squeezing, we have to think about what is more important in the relationship with our children, grandchildren or families which are close friends. Our society suggests that we should do the best we can to impress, yet anytime you ask a child what they really want, they want you, they want time. 1 Timothy 6:6 says ‘…godliness with contentment is great gain’. (NIV) Keeping things simple and fun, playing lots of games and sp
00195 - It Takes 40 Tries To Form A Habit
A habit is a regular practice or tendency. It’s easy to form bad habits as they usually appeal to our sinful nature. It’s harder to form a habit which breaks us free from the bad ones we might have formed. It’s like a war between good and bad, the habit that wins is the one we give the most time to. Psalm 18:2 says, ‘The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold’. (NIV) Rely
00194 - Touch A Neighbour, Make A Friend
1 Thessalonians 5:11 says ‘Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing’. (NIV) This suggests you already know a neighbour or have become a friend. The inference is friendship is not static. Someone might move in across the street or we ourselves might move house. The cycle of developing friendships will then starts all over again. Most people wait for friendship to come their way rather than making an effort to go and find people to
00193 - Doing Our Bit For The Planet
Growing up in a rural area, it was quite natural to look after nature, not litter etc. Recycling was never thought of. There were no single use plastics, everyone bought locally, the community looked after itself and the environment. How things have changed. Within the space of 40 years, mans stewardship of the planet has seemed to have slipped to a place where there is now a gargantuan task ahead, to firstly live life in a more natural way and secondly clean up the mess that
00192 - The Right Balance Of Correction
The Christian Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson is quoted as saying ‘actions guided by love and words guided by truth’ obviously in a sense to bring correction to someone in a situation, particularly children. Ephesians 6:4 says ‘…do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord’. (NIV) Correction in any situation requires some choice. Do you shout to push your point, do you intimate without actually saying what
00191 - Necessity, The Mother Of Invention
Attributed originally to Plato, this phrase states how creative we can be when needed. Let’s face it, most of the time we just live our daily routine. When faced with really difficult circumstance our creativity through necessity is free to find solutions for the way forward. We never see this otherwise. Ephesians 2:10 says ‘For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do’. (NIV) You may also feel in a rut, and
00190 - Try
When Mandy Harvey came to sing in America’s Got Talent 2017, it seemed like just another audition. It wasn’t too long before the judges found out she was deaf. She had written a song called ‘Try’ and explained to everyone that she lost her hearing because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at the age of 18. She kept rhythm through the changes in vibration she felt through the floor as the music played. It’s remarkable how she decided to overcome her adversity. She had a ‘golden buzzer
00189 - Why Are Elephants Scared Of Mice?
It’s an odd question, but true none the less. Studies show that because the elephant is outwitted by this little pest, it can stop it biting its toes or climbing up its body onto it trunk, so the elephant would rather run away than deal with this little adversary. I don’t want to call us elephants and neither do I want to call the devil a mouse, yet we get so scared by the prospect of his influence in our lives that we flee from him rather than him from us. James 4:7 says ‘Su
00188 - What You Compromise To Keep, You Lose
James 4:17 says ‘Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning’. (NCV) It’s a tough scripture, but does hit the nail on the head. Compromise is not illegal, I know many married couples that have built their marriage around it. That kind of compromise is built on agreement, mutual respect and love. Yet most of the time, compromise is where we let go of our values, our dreams, our vision and promise. The result is the loss of what we aspire to and held
00187 - The Building Blocks Of Revival
In our modern age most of us have heard about moves of God, when He comes to visit in an incredible way. Whether in Argentina, Pensacola or the many accounts through the Transformation Videos, Revival seemed within our reach. James 4:8 says ‘Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure’. (NCV) Revival is not how well your church is branded or
00186 - Bend Me Lord, That I Might Serve You
When Evan Roberts, who was attending a conference in west Wales in 1903 heard a sermon from Seth Joshua, his response in prayer was ‘Bend me Lower’. It was this humility to purge himself of his selfish desire that propelled him to lead what became the following year, the 1904 Welsh Revival. Psalm 71:2 says ‘In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!’. (ESV) In our submission God will incline His ear, when we give up our desire and em
00185 - Beatitudes - Blessed Are The Meek
If you look at the definition of meek, it almost sounds like someone who is constantly walked over by the people around them. To be quiet, gentle, easily imposed on or submissive, doesn’t suggest in our modern world the picture of success or accomplishment. However there is an astonishing promise in Matthew 5:5, ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth’. (NIV) Never under-estimate how God views those amongst us who have a gentle, considered disposition. Sometime
00184 - Ending And Starting Well
Mature Christian leaders will always advise that if people leave their Church - end well, meet with the leader, explain and seek their blessing and inform the new Church leader that you have done that. It’s the same in a job, even a volunteer post. Most people however struggle with that, either because of anger, indifference or embarrassment. We all knows life happens, things change, so it’s not the circumstance we should try to stop but how we handle ourself during it. Be in
00183 - £5,170 per second
It’s incredible to think that in the UK, the government finds itself in a place there just the worth of the pound against other currencies finds our islands loosing £5,170 per second. Of course there is the energy crisis, the war between Russia and Ukraine, Brexit and the aftermath of covid. This however is a huge number and there seems no coherent leadership. As Christians we can separate ourselves a little, trusting Proverbs 3:5-6, ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, an
00182 - Intimacy
If you look at the definition, intimacy can be broken down into four areas, emotional, physical, mental and spiritual. The lustful and sexual side is only reserved for our partners, but with the rest we can easily consider God. Jeremiah 33:3 says ‘Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come’. (NLT) God might be described as our best friend, mentor, protector, provider, healer, provider of wisdom and direction. With all of that in mind, i
00181 - Ancient of Days
When Ron Kenoly brought this song out in 1992, it took the Christian world by storm. The song was inspired by Daniel 7:9 which says ‘thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze’. (NIV) It’s a really prophetic chapter speaking of things to come and what the world might look like. There’s a lot of mystery in the text
00180 - Kintsugi - Making Broken, Beautiful
A Japanese word from the 15th century describing the art of ‘joining with gold’. Rather than simply leave broken porcelain shattered, the practice of Kintsugi, encourages making beauty from its brokenness and increasing its value at the same time. Gold is melted and slowly melded to the porcelain, highlighting where the cracks were, but effectively repairing the vessel beyond its original state. Isaiah 41:10 says ‘So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I
00179 - Having A Coffee With God
There are lots of people who time their day down to the minute, who have to book times in their diary, making a list for every activity for the day. Life gets so busy that out attention shifts from our relationship with God to the things that distract us from Him. Have you ever thought about scheduling time for God each day, an appointment if you like, something resembling the routine you have with a best friend. Often a coffee a chat and a catch up. God wants our attention
00178 - Every Past Has A History
You might say, that is such an obvious statement, there is bound to be a history if there was a past. The point here is whether we want to be stuck in that history and confined by the past. One single event can paralyse us from faith and believing for a better future. Philippians 3:13 says ‘Brethren, I do not count myself to have [a]apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead’. (NKJV) Everyone
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