When we look at those in the Bible who loved the Lord, those like David about who God said…’I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.’… It’s so easy to feel not enough, to feel that our lives are far from what they should be. I certainly do
Category Archives: Holiness
Do you long for more grace and peace Friend? Grace to be Christlike on the hardest of days and peace whatever your circumstances may look like? Surely this is where we will find true joy. Peter says… ‘Grace and peace be multiplied unto you…’ Is this what we’re longing for? If so, then how do we get this peace and
Liberty……freedom…. What comes to mind when you hear these words? Is it that you’re free to do as you please? Jesus tells us that… ‘the truth will make you free’ and Paul exhorts us to…. ‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.’ We are freed
For years I’ve been fascinated with the speed that my body works together to react to situations. I especially notice it if I drop something. Not only does a message go from my hands to my brain to tell my brain what’s happened and back to my hands in a split second with a message of how to react but
I totally surprised myself this morning. I woke up and it was cold, windy and raining hard and my first thought was how good it was that we had the rain to water the earth. Now, us English are known for talking about the weather and I then realised just how often we complain about it and say what a
The table is set, it’s covered with the best food, will you come and eat? ‘Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.’ What is this table, what is this feast, is it not Christ Jesus, the living bread, the Word?… ‘And the Word was made
I felt the Lord leading me to 2 Cor today but as I began to read, I didn’t get any further than verse two, Paul’s greeting to the church at Corinth…. ‘Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.’ I have read Paul’s greetings in his various letters many times but today
I got up this morning with these words running through my mind… ‘worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.’ So I looked it up and found it in three places including Psalm 29 which is a beautiful psalm. It starts with a command, centres on the power of God’s voice and ends with a promise. David begins by saying…’Give
THIS is the generation?… Friends, may it even be as David wrote…for THIS generation…. ‘This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.’ ‘Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.’ Open your hearts and minds and the
It has just been one of ‘those’ mornings this morning. I woke up feeling so exhausted, I’m also feeling dizzy and my joint pain is worse. I still got up early but I really struggled through my quiet time seeming to get nowhere. Then I discovered that the freezer had been slightly open all night so I had that to
Is your engine running well? Does your car have fuel and oil? Have you topped it up lately? Just as your car needs fuel to move forward, so do we to move forward in our Christian pathway. Our verse card today says that faith comes by hearing. ‘So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.’
Living a life that glorifies God doesn’t mean we have to do big things. Our lives glorify God each time we LEAN on Him instead of doing things in our own strength. When we’re exhausted and don’t know how to continue and we look to God for help and God gives us that strength we need to continue, He is
If……’we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.’ Hebrews 10:10. what does Peter then mean by these spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God? in 1 Peter 2:5? ‘Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.’
What does being a Christian really mean? What does it mean to be a true follower of Christ Jesus? It’s as simple and as difficult and it’s as beautiful and as crucifying as….. loving ‘The Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour