Posts Tagged ‘bible’
5th December Advent Devotion – Sovereign Foundations
Hello, In England at the seaside you can buy something called ‘rock’ a brittle sugar tube and at the centre throughout the whole stick are embedded words, usually the name of the seaside town. If I were a stick of rock the words embedded throughout my being would be “Foundations’ Its my greatest passion. I’m drawn…
Read More4th December Advent Devotion – Why should we listen to Jesus?
Hello, We live in a world bombarded by voices telling us who we are and how we should live. Discovering our identity and purpose can be difficult, yet as Christians we come to Jesus. He shows us who we truly are as He created us to be. His truth defines us, sustains us and gives…
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 MoreSpill over with thankfulness
5.55am. Waking, I heard the rain hitting the window, my first thought on my decision to start back swimming today after weeks off with the flu virus and Christmas celebrations. I reached for my phone and daily audio bible and saw a video of our grandson Peter 21 months, in Australia, always exciting. So precious…
Read MoreReflection 2017 – Fill your minds with beauty and Truth
How has your life been touched by beauty this year? “Brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth. Meditate on whatever is honourable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy. Whatever you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do it,…
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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