January 30th, 2010
One of the things I believe we need as Christians is encouragement. Life does get tough at times and we need to build up our “bank balance” of encouragement. This helps us to live a little higher and survive the negative things when they come our way.
I have a few things I do to keep [...]
January 29th, 2010
I was filling out some paperwork for the Uniting Church head office recently and it asked me two very interesting questions. The questions were – What areas of ministry have given you the greatest satisfaction in the past three years? and What areas of your work have given you least satisfaction?
I found it interesting to reflect [...]
January 28th, 2010
One of the things I think it is vitally important for us all to do, is understand God’s plan for our salvation.
In the Bible reading plan below you will gain an understanding of how God’s heart has been to bring us all back to Himself right from the moment sin entered the world. It has [...]
January 25th, 2010
One of the great things I was reminded of afresh today is that as Christians we are really, really forgiven. When we come to Christ and confess our sins to God, God forgives us of all the wrongs we have done. Every single thing…no matter how bad.
I was reminded of this as my wife and [...]
January 16th, 2010
One of the things the Bible does to me every now and then is it confronts me. It confronts my heart attitudes and thoughts about life and about others.
One verse that can be confronting is the one that was BibleGateway.com’s verse of the day yesterday. It says…
“If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his [...]
January 14th, 2010
One of the books I refer to quite often these days is the Essential Bible Reference booklet titled, “People of the Bible”.
It has 31 fully illustrated pages and looks at 230 people in total. It is divided in a number of major headings like the first families, Egypt, the Judges, the first Kings, the Prophets, [...]
January 13th, 2010
I love the way the Bible ties together prophetically. By this I mean that what a prophet said 600-800 years before actually takes place. This happens many times in the New Testament in relation to Jesus and the things that happened in His life.
I was reminded of this today as I read todays reading (Matthew [...]
