In the world around us, all we can sometimes see is bad news which can send us into fear. We know that fear can be a spirit but it is also an emotion. So how do we overcome it? The antidote is easy but will require commitment from us? What is it? Going further into the love of God. Read on to find out more. … More Further into love
In this world, we have many choices put in front of us everyday. But each choice requires something of us- a response. It is either yes, no or no response at all. God chose us before the foundation of the world but before that can be activated, we are required to respond. How will you respond? Read on to find out more. … More Choose requires response
A lot is us when we are reimagining our lives start off by dreaming of big things. We sometimes think if we dream long enough, those big things will happen. But Gods way of doing things is for us to be faithful in the small. Are you speaking to your neighbour? God may not send you to the world until you do. Are you learning how to sing or play an instrument? If you don’t practice, you may never master the big. Think about these things in relation to your life and see what God wants you to scale back. This is so you can master the little before the big comes. Read on to find out more. … More Faithful in little
Easter – a time for reflection. Two reflection pieces this Easter. The first is that a lot can change in three days. The second thing is are we becoming too familiar with the Easter story? To find out more, please read on. … More Easter reflections
In this year of reimagining, does your plan include others? In the Palm Sunday story, Jesus came riding into Jerusalem on a donkey whilst the people were shouting hosanna. Then He went into the temple and drove out those who were buying and selling. But what happened next was astounding and is so often missed. Read on to find out more. … More Let my people in
In this year of reimagining, are you more focussed on what God is going to do through you or in you? We need to check ourselves often to see which road we are on. The wide road of self and self importance or the narrow road of depending on God and obedience. Which road are you on? Read on to find out more. … More Which road are you on?
Wonder- it is a word that has been lost in the ordinary and busyness of our lives. Children live in wonder a lot as they look around them and discover new things. In this year of reimagining, we need to get back to a place of wonder. A place where we are not only amazed at creation and miracles but stand in awe of God. Read on to find out more. … More Wonder
In this year of reimagining what God can do, let’s reimagine what our life could look like with us fulfilling the call of God and the plans He has for us. But don’t get caught? Your life is not going to look like or be the same as someone else’s. God has an individual stay in your lane plan for each of us that is unique. Read on to find out more. … More Stay in your lane
When things happen in our lives that are not good, what is our response? Do we get bitter or better? What does God do in us during these bad circumstances or opinions? Is there a way of coming through them so we go from glory to glory? Yes, yes and yes! Read on to find out more. … More Bitter or better
I was on holidays last week so had time to think. The post contains two of my musings from last week. They are forgiveness is sometimes a wrestle and identity is different from actions. Read on to find out more. … More Musings
This year when you are reimagining what God can do; know that struggles will come. We live in a fallen world. If you don’t believe me, read the news or look around. But when hard times come, don’t leave God, run to Him. He is waiting with outstretched arms. Read on to find out more. … More Don’t leave
In this year of reimagining what God could do, what if He wants to do something within or around us? Too often we let the weights of this world drag us down whether that is excess possessions, extreme busyness or burning the candle at both ends. But this week I want you to reimagine your life as Jesus would have walked it – not in a hurry, obeying God, no to do list but just walking daily with God. What does that look like for you? Read on to find out more. … More Removing the excess
When I was in school my worst nightmare was having to resit a test. Thankfully I never had to. But in my walk with God, it seems I have to keep resitting the same test over and over. Is there a way through and what is it? If I want to dream again, I must move forward in this area. If you need to too, read on to find out more. … More Resitting the test
Have you ever been in situations where your past keeps getting brought up? Maybe you did things wrong, were in prison, did bad at school, disrupted the class, were the black sheep of the family, was adopted or fostered or any number of things. It seems the past is being dragged into your present all the time. So how do we deal with this, without getting hurt and offended? Let’s follow the example of Daniel. Read on to find out more. … More Change what you believe
Have you ever wondered why your life is not changing? Maybe it has to do with your thoughts. What are you thinking about? What do you imagine your future might be like? How do you see yourself? It is time to change the image into not how you think God sees you but how He actually sees you. Read on to find out more. … More Reimagining – re image
2024- a new year. Happy new year. This year the word for my blog is reimagining. The last few years have been hard and we have lost our ability to imagine or dream. It is time to get it back as God works through our words that we can see. What are we seeing and how do we reimagine? Read on to find out more … More 2024 – the year of re-imagining
As 2023 comes to a close and I reflect on this last year, the word would seem to be change. I have had massive changes at work and in serving at Church. Some of these changes have been hard, but worth it. So how do we position ourselves for 2024. Two things – read your Bible and work towards your goal. Read on to find out more. … More 2023 – the year of change
Merry Christmas. The last characters in our Christmas story are the wise men. They came to Jesus bearing gifts. They were seeking Jesus. All that is great but what else does their story teach us. I believe it is to follow after Jesus despite obstacles that may come our way. Wise men follow the star until they find Jesus. Are you that wise man? Read on to find out more. … More The Christmas story (part 4)
The shepherds are the next characters in the Christmas story. These men were doing an ordinary job one night when the extraordinary happened. Why did God reveal His Sons birth to these shepherds? Were they the only ones who had time to listen or was there something of significance happening here? Read on to find out more. … More The Christmas story (part 3)
Joseph- a man who much is not written about. But one we can learn from. The Old Testament details his ancestors and they were a mixed up bunch. But Joseph was different. He was caring and kind to Mary even when his heart was broken over her news. What can this gentle and kind man teach us about our walk with God? Read on to find out more. … More The Christmas story (part 2)
I love this time of year when the giving spirit seems more alive than any other time of the year. This Christmas I want to look at the stories of people in the Christmas story. The first one is Mary who was chosen by God to carry His Son. What lessons can we learn from a young girl whose life radiated obedience. Did she have a secret or can it belong to all of us? Read on to find out more. … More Christmas story part 1
Truth- it is one of those things we are all searching for. Why? Is it because once we find truth, we know with certainty it will never change. Is it because we all desire to have something stable in our lives and truth seems stable. How do we even find this truth? Read on to find out more. … More What is truth
If I posed the question to you- who are you- what would your response be? It would probably centre on what you do eg teacher or what you enjoy eg runner or uour role a mum, dad etc. But what if I told you those were the things you do or the roles you have – they are not who you are. As Christians our identity should be the son or daughter of the King. Read on to find out more. … More Who are you
Too often we can call a person silly or stupid but it is not about them, it is their actions. Actions are so different from identity. Actions are what we do and are fleeting whereas identity is who we are and unchangeable unless a significant event happens in our life. Let’s look at Gideons life and see what is important to God. You may be surprised. Read on to find out more. … More Action not identity
Fruitfulness is not a word we speak of often but it’s meaning is how we should be living. The meaning is productive or increasing what’s already there. God wants to live our lives this way with fruitfulness abounding in all areas of our lives. But sometimes we feel barren. Read on to find some keys for fruitful living. … More Fruitfulness
The battle is real for Christians. However it is not a physical battle but a spiritual one. We tend to want to battle with our enemy. But there are times we need to walk away, seek God, get more training in the Bible and then go again. Follow the story of Gideon in Judges 7 to see what I mean. Read on to find out more. … More Fight or walk away
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a fire? Not physically but spiritually. Sometimes our own actions can put us in the fire. Often though it is because of our beliefs or that we are being put in the situation by others. How do we navigate this season of fire? Is there a way to come through unscathed? Reading in the book of Daniel for some keys, we will explore this further. Will you join me by reading on. … More Going through the fire
When we watch the news or read the headlines, we can feel that we are on shifting sand. Our feet can’t get a grip on our world as it keeps changing. Further evil just keeps getting worse and we find ourselves in fear of the current and future world we live in. Is that what God really has for us? Of course not. However it is time for us again to check our anchor is secured to him and is tight. Read on to find out more. … More Anchored to God
Have you ever struggled to receive from God? I am okay in believing for finances but sometimes receiving healing seems hard. My question is why when God has promised it and Jesus has died for it? Could it be that I am missing something? Let’s explore this issue by reading on. … More Holy Spirit and power
An engagement in the natural is a really exciting time for the man and woman involved. However it is also a time of massive change – setting up a house, changing identity to husband and wife, thinking about another person etc. In the spiritual when we give our lives to Jesus we also enter into an engagement type relationship with the Holy Spirit to direct us. Find out how by reading on. … More An engagement
Grace is a word that we flippantly use as we think it covers us to do whatever we want. But that is simply not true. Grace empowers whilst mercy forgives. Even Jesus needed grace to go the cross. Read on to find out more. … More Grace
Look around – you say I do. But what I am meaning is it’s time to put the phone down and put the camera down and really look around. Did you see the bird singing this morning or the leaves rustling in the trees? Did you see the lizard scurry past on your morning walk or see the sun set to say goodbye to another day? God created this world for us to enjoy not endure. Read on to find out more lessons from creation I learned on my latest holiday. … More Look around
The good old days is a saying that we hear often. But what if the good old days is not where Hod wants us to camp but to take what we learned from them and then embrace the new. God loves new as He is the creator and continually the creator. It is time that we know the old affects the new but can never replace the new. Read on to find out more. … More Old affects new
Providence – not a word we use but one we should remember. It is a word that speaks about Gods protection and guardianship over us. Who doesn’t want and need that in the world we are currently living in? But how do we get it and more importantly how do we live in it? Read on to find out more. … More Providence
In this fast paced world we live in, we feel we have to keep up so we strive to do things in our own strength. All striving does is wear us out. It is like being on a hamster wheel – always running but never getting anywhere. What is the remedy – walking in the rhythm of Gods grace. Read on to find out more. … More Don’t strive
Do you ever feel that your life is ordinary and mundane? Do you wonder if this is all there is to life? Maybe if you are feeling like this you need to check your faithfulness levels. Are you consistently being faithful in the small things or do you think they are not worth worrying about? If you want to have a better life, read on to find out how it is possible. … More The little things
Encouragement is what we all need as we navigate our fast paced world full of busyness relating to task not people. Even when we meet people, it is usually for a reason or task. Let’s slow down and speak life to each other or if you are a writer, write life. Read on to find out more. … More Encouragement
We have heard the words – fixing our eyes on Jesus in church or in a song. But how do we do this? Is there a secret? My daily life is just so ordinary. Will this help my life become more exciting? Yes it will as we learn to fix our eyes on Jesus and live everyday with that posture. Read on to find out more. … More Fix your eyes on Jesus
Have you ever thought about the fact that God lives in you? Would we do the things we do, go to the places we go or look at the things we see if we continually reminded ourself of this fact? In this post I want to remind us that God is with us in the battle. Will you be intentional in remembering that? If God is with you, you will win. Read on to find out more. … More Who lives in you
My question today is – is the lifestyle you lead worthy of eternal life? We give our hearts to Jesus and then some of us keep living the same way. Shouldn’t our lives be different? Shouldn’t our lives be marked by loving God and loving others? Read on to find out more. … More Worthy of eternal life
Jesus talks a lot about sheep and lambs in His ministry. Lambs represent baby Christians whilst sheep represent mature Christians. Lambs need feeding whilst sheep need tending and feeding. Which one are you? Read on to find the difference and the characteristics of each. … More Are you a mature sheep?
Procrastination is the biggest time waster. How do I know? It happens to me a lot. I am needing to do a task and spend more time procrastinating than the time it takes to do a task. So how do we fix this? Just do it. These were also the words Mary spoke to Jesus to bring about His first miracle. Blessing is on the other side of obedience. Read on to find out more. … More Just do it
Have you ever felt stuck? Life seems the same day after day. You sit down to watch television and two hours pass. You feel like your life is out of control. You are feeling immobilised. If you are, I have good news. You can get unstuck but it will require something on your part. Read on to find out more. … More Are you feeling immobilised
Have you ever thought of the idea that if Jesus is the head and we are the body, that we need to give over the functions of the head to Jesus. What are those functions – seeing, hearing, talking and thinking? We need to see, hear, talk and think like Jesus. So how do we do this? Read on to find out more. … More Importance of the head
Wisdom is a word that conjures up the belief that we will learn from our experiences and mistakes. Yes we will. But there is a better way. James tells us to ask for wisdom. It is not our own but Gods. Why is Gods wisdom better? It is because not only is He creator of all but He has insight and perspective we can’t see. Read on to find out more. … More Get wisdom
Most people these days call others out that they are discriminating against them when really it is a difference of beliefs. Discrimination is treating the whole person in a way that’s wrong whereas sin is an action against God. We need to be careful that we are speaking truth with love for if truth only is spoken, it is harsh and discriminatory whereas if we only love then we are accepting behaviours that go against the Word of God. Find out more by reading this post especially how Jesus modelled this. … More Discrimination v sin
We are standing on the precipice of the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever seen. But what God spoke to my spirit was This is Time. We are standing between seed and harvest. This is not the time to sit down, run away or quit. It is a time to stand and be in a position of expectation. Read on to find who else stood in the Bible and the seed they sowed and their harvest. Be prepared to be blessed. Read on to find out more. … More This is time
Do you struggle with prayer? I do but in church this morning God revealed the following to me: salvation is Gods invitation to me and prayer is my invitation to Him. This should change our perspective of prayer. When we invite, it is our privilege to spend time with the invitee. Prayer is our choice – will you send out the invitation to God. Read on to find out more. … More The invitation
When we are in the midst of a battle – either in our mind or physically it can be quite hard to keep going. But God has given us strategies in His Word that keep us in the fight. One of those strategies might surprise you. Read on to find out how Joshua’s battle with the Amalekites shows us those strategies. … More Winning the battle
Have you ever been in a crowd of people and felt unseen? Maybe this is what you wanted like the woman with the issue of blood. This was for her protection. But what if unseen feels like alone and isolated. This Mother’s Day mums can feel like this too. But the good news is you may feel unseen but you are known. Read on to find out more. … More Unseen but known
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