Archive for June, 2009

Considering the future

June 16th, 2009

I am in that interesting place again. One where I am considering the future and what God would have me do next. This is brought on by officially finishing my studies this coming Friday. For those of you who do not know I have been studying Ministry and Theology through Tabor Adelaide via extension for [...]

How to be a living sacrifice

June 16th, 2009

Romans 12:1 says, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him”. Paul urges us to be a living [...]

Church done in different ways

June 15th, 2009

One of the things I enjoy as I visit different churches is seeing how they do things differently. It is nice to see how the local traditional country churches do things in their own way. Yesterday at Mukinbuddin we arrived about 15 minutes before the service was due to start. Instead of going into church [...]

Seeing yourself through the lens of Scripture

June 14th, 2009

Hi all, I have put a cut down version of my message online that I shared at Mukinbuddin Uniting Church this morning. It is a balance of Scripture and testimony and shows how God has transformed my negative view of myself to seeing myself through God’s eyes. In it I share four Scriptures that God [...]

Transforming your mind

June 12th, 2009

I was just thinking about Romans chapter 12 verse 2 and how it tells us to renew and transform our minds. In the NLT version of the Bible it says, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then [...]

Paul’s commitment to the Gospel 2

June 11th, 2009

I was reading Romans 9 and I found another amazing example of Paul’s commitment to the Gospel. In verses 1-3 of the chapter he says… With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my [...]

Reading the Bible with new eyes

June 11th, 2009

One of the things I have really noticed this year as I am reading one chapter a day of the Bible is that I am reading with new eyes. I think this is because of my Bible college studies I did last year. It is almost like a have a new filter in place as [...]