How is your love walk going? I am not talking about how much you love God but how much you love others. Over the last few weeks God has been dealing with me over this in relation to a situation I am facing. It is not easy to show unconditional love but it is always worth it. Read on to find out more.
My question I am posing this week is do we love the house of God? How are you when you come into church on Sundays - full of the love of God with joy in your hearts or dragging your feet because sleeping in or the beach seems a better option. psalm 84 encourages us to love the House of God - to have joy in hearts. But we also need to remember that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit and are we portraying the love of God. Find out more.
As we go through life, there are certain people we don’t like or get along with. Jesus tells us to love our neighbour, which is all people but how do we do this. God spoke to me a few weeks ago and said it is only this role that you don’t like. I know that we can love people but not like their actions or the role they are playing. This is how we agape love people.
When you organise do you throw out the old in order to get something new. God loves to give us something new - new revelation from Him, a new perspective on life, seeing people in a new loving way. However, God doesn’t want us to throw out the old in order to get the new. God wants us to retain our foundation and build on it. Read more about how you do this and what we should retain.
I saw a painting whilst on holidays with a bridge in it. As the lady was telling me what the painting would remind me of, the words it is time to cross the bridge resounded within me. God is speaking to some of us telling us that the time has come for us to cross the bridge. Behind us is the wilderness - a place of provision and obedience but up ahead is the promise from God. It is time to move.
When we get saved, we change kingdoms and families. We move from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. The Bible says that God adopts us into His family. I know what this is like in the natural as I was adopted. There are new things we must unlearn and then learn again. But God has given us all the tools we need. Read more....
Have you ever felt there was something holding you back in your life? Maybe it feels like some sort of bondage. You have tried to overcome it but can’t. Fasting may be the answer. A fast in the Bible is not to lose weight but rather to loose those bonds around your life, to get clarity from God regarding a situation and to ensure that you are living our God’s plan for you.
Have you ever done something good and expected a reward for it. Maybe you handed in a wallet or helped someone out? You expected money, a thank you or even a gift but it didn’t come. A man in the Bible named Mordecai felt the same way. Read the story and discover what you can learn from waiting for your reward.
2019 is here. Some people make resolutions for the new year especially in relation to eating and exercising. But what if we make a resolution to be more like Jesus - to prosper spirit, soul and body. The Bible tells us how. Let this year be a new year for a new you.
Looking back on 2018, the year would be my brave year. Doing things I never thought I would. I have listed some brave things that I did. They may not be brave for you. One thing I learnt was that being brave did not mean doing the year alone. God was always with me through it all. All I needed to do was trust Him. Thankful now I had the experiences but maybe not then.
Have you ever been in a situation where God has been speaking to you and you say what about this person? Why do I have to do that? What about when God tells you to change a behaviour or action but all your friends are doing it? We again say, what about this man, or woman? Jesus confronted Peter over this issue in John 21. Find out what Jesus said. It is when we walk and live in the perfect will of God for our lives that we will find peace and contentment with ourselves.
It’s hard to not react to a situation when it comes up, especially if we think it’s urgent. We most often run and try to fix it but there is a better way. When Jesus was told one of His best friends had died, He stayed in the place where He was for two more days. Then God gave Him the clearance to go. What did He find? Lazarus had already died. But there was a greater miracle about to happen. Read more and see what it was and why we shouldn’t always react.
