Do you sometimes look around at the world the news media portrays and see chaos, confusion, violence and hatred everywhere. God doesn’t want us to fear but He wants us to know that He is still working and doing things that if He told us, we wouldn’t believe. Read more to encourage yourself.
Today I want you to be selfish in one area only. That is in seeking God for forgiveness. Did you know when we seek God for forgiveness, it opens the door for others to see they can be forgiven too? One by one as others seek forgiveness, it opens the door for the community to see forgiveness. But it all starts with us seeking it first. Will it start with you?
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.
Who are you trusting in? Is it your job, your career, your spouse, money or God. God wants us to trust in Him. To take the time to come and hide in Him a while. Jesus wants to gather us like a hen gathers her chicks and hold us close. Nothing is too hard or too much for Jesus. This week make an effort to trust in Jesus more and hide a while in Him.
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 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.
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.
Deborah is the only woman judge recorded in the Bible. She was a wife, mother, prophetess and courageous. She went to war when that wasn’t the accepted thing. She sat under a palm tree positioned by God in the place between the seat of idolatry and the house of prayer. She sounds like a hero and yes she’s mine but what can we learn from her.
