“But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail.””Luke 22:32 NLT If Jesus’ example is anything to go by, and I possibly think it should be, then prayer should be one of the most important activities of our day. We read throughout the Gospels how Jesus set aside timeContinueContinue reading “The Purest Form of Love”
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“Justified by faith…”
I remember hearing an old preacher explain it like this, being justified means that it is just-as-if-I’d never sinned. So by faith, in the same way that it was accounted to Abraham as righteousness, we are justified before God. The power of that justification is revealed in the peace that we have through the forgivenessContinueContinue reading ““Justified by faith…””
That’s Not Your Job
When talking with some people, it doesn’t matter what you say or how hard you try to convince they won’t believe you. The fact is, some people wouldn’t even believe if Jesus walked straight up to them in the street. Just remember when you’re sharing your faith, it’s not your job to get them saved,ContinueContinue reading “That’s Not Your Job”
3 keys To Rediscovering The Wonder
All jokes aside, we can lose our sense of wonder. The WOW factor of life. The ability to be fascinated by things and learn from them, or simply appreciate them and give thanks.
The Middle Years
As our journey through life continues, we have experiences of joy and of pain. Both of which can affect the way we move forward in Christ.
Thanks
Something that doesn’t get said often enough to those who lead us can be, “thank you”.
7 Steps for Surviving Separation
It is okay to have meltdowns. In fact, regardless of whether it’s okay or not, they will come.
The Reality of Divorce Among Christians
As a proud-to-be (over) committed, evangelical, Pentecostal Christian, I ignorantly believed my marriage was ‘bulletproof’, because we were both Christians and committed to God and each other (as far as I knew). The one thing I hadn’t accounted for, was that we were both also very human.
Free To Choose
Hebrews 6:7 (NKJV)For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. (Hebrews 6:7, 8 NKJV)AtContinueContinue reading “Free To Choose”
True Freedom
Paying debt with debt doesn’t work. It simply compounds. I should know. Taking out a loan to pay off a credit card or another loan not only keeps the debt, but increases the time that you’re going to be in debt, and generally you end up with a bit more debt than you started with!ContinueContinue reading “True Freedom”