Pursuing Intimacy With God
7th December Advent Devotion – The Way of Childlike Trust and Dependence
Hello, As I welcome Holy Spirit to walk with me in the contours of my heart, one of my questions to him concerns any barriers I have that hinder my desire to live in trust and dependence. Time and time again, he speaks to me about ‘fear’ and how fear and trust cannot co-exist in…
Read More6th December Advent Devotion – Soaking in Jesus Living Word
Hello, John’s gospel introduces Jesus to us as living word. The writer to the Hebrews describes the way he interacts with our hearts as living word. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It…
Read More3rd December Advent Devotion – So the impossible is possible with God – receiving faith to walk in God’s word
Hello, One of my favourite aspects God is that He encounters us, initiates and breaks into our lives often in surprising ways. He delights in us and desires to lead us in ways and purposes he has prepared for us. This has happened so many times in my own life. In our relationship with Him…
Read More2nd December – Advent Begins
I love the advent season as we prepare for Christmas but I find it harder to keep Jesus as my focus, to be still, reflect and enter into the journey fully with God. Preparations, people and parties which I really enjoy can rob the time and I arrive at Christmas tired and more significantly missing…
Read MoreBecoming Children of God
As I settled into the flight to Nairobi, I sensed the inner conviction that Jesus wanted to speak to me about what it means to become a child of God. Reading from The Passion Translation, I began to read John chapter 1. I quickly wrote in my journal as God showed me these things. I…
Read MoreSelah
Selah – meaning ‘to pause in His Presence’ or ‘pause and reflect’ I love this simple study of Selah by Rev Greg Smith speaking of the necessity of silence in our lives. it reflects my own experience and testimony, and has become one of the rhythms of my relationship with God. In Psalm 46, the…
Read MoreTales of a mustard seed – taking our place as activators in The Kingdom of God
Hello, Where did January go?! It was full, a precious tapestry of rich colour as Father shared his heart with me in deeply tender ways through a missions trip to Kibera Slum in Kenya and through the death of my friend Helen. I’m still processing these experiences and hope to blog about both very soon, today…
Read MoreSee I am doing a new thing – A reflection on God’s truth and Ways to resource us for a journey of Hope and change in 2017
Hello, As I enter into a New Year, this is my prayer. May you know you are secure, wrapped around in God’s light, love and peace as you walk each day throughout 2017. What hopes and dreams are stored in your heart? Listen to the still smallVoice within. What do you hear. 2017 will be a…
Read MoreReleasing hope in times of transition – Blessed are you who Believe
Hello, I wrote this blog out of the experience of a major transition in our lives. When we speak out testimony, it releases faith to those who hear for God to do the same in their lives. My prayer for each one who reads this is that you will be filled with the power of…
Read MoreTurn to me and be safe.
Hello, When we think about ‘nurture’ we most often think about caring for a baby or a small child, yet the truth is all growth comes because there has been some kind of nurture and that continues throughout our lives. As adults we often connect with nurture in the garden, but when did you last…
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