The first character in our Christmas series is Jospeh. He was a man that was righteous but had to endure ridicule. He was obedient and loved Mary. But what was it about him that God saw and then entrusted him to be the earthly dad of Jesus. Read more to find out.
Sometimes we look at circumstances surrounding our lives and think they can never be defeated. We look at the reputation of that circumstance and how others have succumbed to it. We can also look at ourselves and in the natural we look smaller than those big circumstances. But just like the Israelites defeated Ai, we can defeat those circumstances. But only when we get God involved. We are small in the world but mighty in God, exactly the opposite of Ai.
There is a statement that is out there that most of the time we don’t believe. The statement is that God is not a God who takes from us but gives. That is true but we are only given what we are obedient to receive. If we take before we are given, there are consequences. Read more to find out.
Perspective is a funny thing. Often our perspective on situations and things relies on our past experiences. But it is also controlled by our attitude. The Word of God wants us to look at things and people from God’s perspective and it is different to how we generally see them. There is a story in the Bible that clearly shows perspective. Read on to find out more.
Do you sometimes wonder whether God is interested in family. After reading one of the books of the Bible you should be in no doubt. It is Gods family tree up to that time. God wants you in His family so much. Read more to find out why.
My question is do you know of God or do you know God? If your dad was famous, would you wait for an appointment or just go boldly and confidently into his office. Of course it would be the latter. So how do you approach God? Which way? That will tell you about whether you know God or know of God. Read more to find out how.
Do you sometimes feel that you fall into the category of unlikely one? You think that you sin is to big for Jesus to save you, you feel your culture is too far away from God or people have spoken negative things over your life based on their perceptions. Well that’s not true. Jesus came for the unlikely ones. The apostle Paul fell into that category. He called himself the worst of sinners. How does God feel about you. Keep reading to find out more.
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.
