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00128 - Inventing The Smart Phone
On June 29th 2007, Steve Jobs the then CEO of Apple computers, was on stage, reached into his pocket and pulled out a small device, which he called a smart phone. For many it was the dawn of a connected society, where your phone, address book, photo library, note pad, camera and CD collection was all brought to one device, they have gone onto sell 2.2 billion devices. Steve Jobs wasn’t afraid to disrupt the computer and telephone markets. He had an idea which many thought wa
00127 - Adoption
Having adopted two young children, we’ve had first hand experience of the impact and transition it takes for children to let go of what they think they know and embrace love fully, sometimes for the first time. Matthew 18:5 says ‘And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me’. (NIV) We all have developed lifestyles which have been formed from the circumstance of our grow, the influence of the environment around us. Children learn quickly what is right and what is
00126 - Who Is My Neighbour ?
A question asked by Jesus when debating a lawyer in Luke 10. The Lawyer wanted to inherit eternal life, then he made excuses, so Jesus shared the parable of the good Samaritan. Finally, through that Jesus gets his point across that the Samaritan became a ‘neighbour’ to the man who was robbed by showing mercy and that the lawyer should do the kind same kind of thing, setting him on the road to find eternal life. The point was Samaritans in the story were not known for helpi
00125 - How To Expect Answers
John 15:7 makes a bold statement ‘If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you’ (NIV). You can see that this is a conditional promise. At the end of this week of Prayer, if we have gone deeper with God, we will have started to pray the prayers on His heart, and you may already be interceding and thinking about fasting. When you are aligned perfectly with God’s heart and will, you’ll almost know before praying what the ou
00124 - How To Fast
If ever you wanted to super-charge your intercession, fasting will certainly do that. You are ultimately showing God you are determined beyond measure. Isaiah 58:6 says ‘…to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?’ (NIV). Fasting is giving something up and spending the time in prayer instead. Historically giving up a meal over a period of time, there are many kinds of fasts in the bible, only eating nuts or fruit, only drinking liquids and then for long? You must be s
00123 - How To Intercede
The basic definition of intercession is Praying the prayers on God’s heart more than the prayers on yours, the suggestion is that we might selfishly pray for ourselves, and the God’s burden is altruistic, purely focussed on need and His perspective of the world He created. 1 Timothy 2:1 says it well ‘I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them’ (NLT). This reinforces the point that intercession
00122 - How To Go Deeper
Ezekiel 47 talks through a vision that Ezekiel had. The main emphasis of this chapter is about the stages of going in deeper with God. The start of the chapter talks about going ankle-deep, then going knee deep, then wading some more and going waste deep and then eventually swimming. It’s a very interesting chapter as it speaks so much about determination, perseverance, and trust. Moving from prayer to intercession is like this. Prayer might be putting our ankle in the wate
00121 - How To Be Informed
The story of Nehemiah in the book of Nehemiah is a real example of prayer, and research. If you look through Nehemiah 1, you’ll read ‘When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven’ (NIV). Then as you get deeper into Nehemiah, you’ll realise how much research he did about the problem he faced and what he planned to do to fix it. The point here is, If you plan to have a focus of prayer for something do
00120 - Just Feeling Thankful
Sometimes you can be overwhelmed with thanks to God for what He’s done in our lives. Life might have been so much worse if we hadn’t made the decision for Jesus that we did. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says ‘Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus’ (NIV). However, we started our Christian Walk, we should also consider our current situation/ Giving thanks for our health, family, work, those loved ones in
00119 - How To Listen
It takes practice to know the difference from your own thoughts and God speaking to you when you pray. 1 Kings 19:12 refers to God speaking in ‘a still small voice’. Listening in our busy world is more important than ever, to get past the noise of distraction is the challenge. When you know that you have heard God speak, through a scripture that jumps out at you when you read, or it might be your mind is so pre-occupied with something that God is influencing you. Sometime
00118 - How to Pray
You cannot pray without communicating to God. Prayer is a conversation, between you and Him. Sharing your heart with God and eventually understand how God shares His heart with you. Some feel that they don’t pray well, don’t have an appropriate understanding of prayer, that may be true, but shouldn’t be an excuse not to try. Psalm 141:2 says, ‘May my prayer be set before you like incense….’ (NIV). We must understand that God loves it when we pray, like a Father loves to hea
00117 - Foot In Mouth Disease
Have you ever been in a situation where your mouth spoke before your brain told it what to say? Then when you tried to fix it or smooth it over, it just made matters worse, you didn’t just put your foot in it, you dug a hole for yourself and just jumped right in. Ephesians 4:29 says ‘Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen’ (NIV). We never enjoy it
00116 - God Is Not Your Puppet
There are situations in life where you want to get a promotion, a new car, a better house, or a car parking space. Sometimes we treat God more like room service for our lives than the creator of the universe. Isaiah 55:8 says, quoting God, ‘”For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord’ (NIV). One thing is for sure in our Christian walk, we don’t see the whole picture and as this scripture clearly states. God is operating outside
00115 - Don’t Let Romance Die
When any relationship starts, the early days are exciting. Your mind is full of the possibility of spending time with the other person. Not because you need to but because you desperately want to. Romance is in the air, and fun, spending hours talking and sharing with each other is on the agenda. The message sums love up well, in 1 Peter 4:8 it says ‘Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything’ (MSG). The problem most
00114 - The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is prayed literally millions of times a day in hundreds of different languages around the world. If you focus on the opening line of the scripture you will notice what Jesus says in the introduction to it; Matthew 6:9-13 ‘This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven…..”’ (NIV). ‘This is how you should pray’ is the key phrase and it’s Jesus saying it, so let’s take note of what He says when we pray. If you look at this scripture step by step, yo
00113 - Sometimes, You Just Need To Laugh
A Pastor was visiting his congregation, seeing many, praying with most. At one house there was no answer, so he got a card from his bag and wrote Revelation 3:20 ‘I stand at the door and knock…’ The next Sunday, he received a card back from the gentleman he had tried to visit. When he read it there was a smiley face sticker inside with another scripture, Genesis 3:10 ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid’. While tongue in cheek, the poi
00112 - Sweat Equity
It is not a phrase that we hear very often but is something that we often do without realising it. Whether you volunteer for something or have a cause like picking litter up from the beach, when you do something you believe in you will naturally give of your time, energy and sometimes finance to make that thing work. There is an interesting phrase in Luke 14:27 ‘And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple’ (NIV). Suggesting that everyone needs
00111 - Consider Carbon
We’ve all seen that climate change is on the rise with adverse weather conditions happening all over the world. It’s a result of how we live in a modern age. We don’t properly consider what we do and often place our desire ahead of what’s best for the planet. Imagine the small packet of green beans you buy which have been grown and flown in from Kenya or the New Zealand lamb transported halfway around the world. There are loads of things we buy which have racked up thousand
00110 - Beatitudes - Poor In Spirit
It’s an odd phrase to hear how you can be blessed if you are poor in spirit, a scripture which seems to contradict itself. The easy-to-read version of the bible says Matthew 5:3 like this ‘Great blessings belong to those who know they are spiritually in need. God’s kingdom belongs to them.’ (ERV). That explains things a little better. The Kingdom of God is full of opposites, and what this scripture indicates is that if you know there is room for improvement in your spiritua
00109 - Faith Over Fear
We live life in a society that is full of fear, fear at every turn, whether climate change, coronavirus, the stock market, terrorism, weather events or wars in other countries. There’s always something to worry about. Yet, Isaiah 35:4 says ‘Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”’ (ESV). Most of the things we worry about are beyond our ability to fix, so
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