Archive for July, 2009

Living by the Spirit’s power

July 18th, 2009

In Galatians 5:16-26 there is an interesting passage that is titled, “Living by the Spirit’s power”. In verse 16 Paul sets the scene when he advises us to “let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves”. Paul then goes on to explain in verse 17 that [...]

Evolution & Creation joke

July 17th, 2009

Here’s a joke I received today via email. Enjoy! A little girl asked her Mother, “How did the human race appear?”  The Mother answered, “God made Adam and Eve; they had children; and so was all mankind made.” Two days later the girl asked her Father the same question. The Father answered, “Many years ago [...]

Authority in Christ 2

July 17th, 2009

Several years ago I did a post called “Authority in Christ“. Here is a cut and paste… “As I dwelt on this I started to think about the authority we have as Christians. I thought about how the Bible talks about Jesus having all authority on heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18) and how as Christians [...]

New audio: How do we know it is God speaking

July 15th, 2009

Hi all, I have added a new free MP3 to my website today. It is titled, “How do we know it is God speaking to us?”. It touches on four things we can do to filter if what we is hearing is from ourselves, the devil trying to lead us astray or if it is [...]

Sharing your dreams

July 15th, 2009

I heard a statement a few weeks ago that has been rolling around inside me. It was on the AFL TV coverage. It said, “When I share my goals with people around me, that becomes their expectation of me”. Now there are two ways this statement can be taken. The first is in the negative. [...]

What am I building?

July 13th, 2009

The last few weeks as I have been driving around town I have noticed some old railway houses being torn down. There is about 6-7 of them in different states of being demolished. One of them is pictured above which will only be a pile of rubble in the next few days. As I have [...]

Working together to get the job done

July 9th, 2009

Over the last few weeks I have been really blessed by the servant heart of our church members. We have been doing up our church manse where the new Ministers will live when they arrive in a few weeks. I have been doing some painting so I have been down there a few days per [...]