How do you pray? Do you pray like a person who pleads mercy from a far off ruler? That pleads for the time and blessings God may have to “spare”? Or do you pray like you are God’s beloved child? As Christians, we know we’re God’s beloved children. So we can be confident! A father takes care of His children. We are very valuable and … Continue reading Praying with confidence
We all have things we struggle with. How do we keep perspective in hard times? One important answer is hope. In the Bible, hope is a certain assurance that God will help us, and that we have great things awaiting us in our heavenly future.1 As I’ve been studying hope, I’ve found some gems, and I’d like to share one with you: Therefore we … Continue reading Hope
Do you feel busy and overcome by all the different demands screaming at you in different directions? Do you feel you have no time to pray or be with the Lord? Martha could relate: As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, … Continue reading Too busy to sit still?
Praise EAr (listen) Rest Love Lately I’ve been learning to live live from an attitude of praise and prayer and rest in Jesus, and then to love from that. Priority number #1 should be being with Jesus. From being with Him and listening to Him in His word, we can do everything else: not from being rushed, but by His power within us. A pearl … Continue reading pearl
In the previous post in this series, I talked about the importance of receiving love. It’s great and very important. When we receive this love, it changes us, and helps us to give love. We are filled to overflow with love to others! I feel a problem with us as Christians in the West is that our faith often becomes very me-focused. It kind of becomes … Continue reading love #3: our call to action
Right now, I’m reading Leviticus. It’s a difficult book, about sacrifices, being unclean, impure blood flows, and so on. How does that have to do with our modern lives, and with our lives as a Christian? Of course, it goes back to a different time and a different culture. It was before Jesus, who revolutionised the way we could come to God. At the same … Continue reading Holiness and Leviticus
What do you look at? What do you gaze at in enjoyment and wonder? Is it your child when they score a goal? Is it the face of your loved one in the morning? Is it the sunset or sunrise that strikes you with beautiful colours? Or the beauty of the night-sky? We are inundated with images from day to day, some worth looking at … Continue reading gaze
We often consider God’s love as a fact, but it does not always sink down deeply into our heart. Do we really understand how outrageous it is, how big it is? If we grasp how wide, and long and high and deep His love is for us (Ephesians 3:18-19), then would it not follow that we would spread it? In the last blog I talked … Continue reading love #2: receiving love
1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give … Continue reading love #1: the problem
Above, you can find a painting I made with different names and characteristics of God found in the Bible. I find God so beautiful, and above, you can find out why. He is love, good, an awesome Creator, and a Person who supports me wherever I go. He sees me and my pain. In the centre of the image, you can find the name “I … Continue reading Names of God 🧡
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