My wife and I finished our Proverbs 31 challenge today. I really enjoyed reading through the Book of Proverbs with her. It was great to read and talk about a book that is full of so much wisdom. I think the thing I enjoyed the most was hearing Larissa’s insights into the various passages. She [...]

The last few weeks I have been thinking about church and what sort of church I would plant if I began one from scratch. This was prompted by a friend asking me what I wanted to do after my Bible and Ministry studies finished. I guess if I was involved with a few other families [...]

Several weeks ago I did a post titled, “My top 7 fitness tips“. In it I shared some of my favourite bits of encouragement I pass on to people from my years of exercising. Today I want to share one of the key ones I use – mixing things up. All of us get bored with [...]

In my reading from Proverbs 29 today verse 18 jumped out at me. The NLT footnote was also really good too. I thought I would share them both today… Proverbs 29.18 NLT – When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful. Here’s the footnote… “Divine guidance refers [...]

One of the short books I have to read for one of my units this semester is “Spiritual Disciplines” by Reid S Monaghan. The first chapter is called “Discipline – why bother”? It grabbed my attention and drew me in on the first page… “Discipline. What to make of it? We know its value, but seldom [...]

As I said earlier in the month my wife and I are reading one chapter of Proverbs a day this month. Today’s reading was from chapter 28. As I read a few verses really jumped out at me. Verse 7 – Young people who obey the law are wise; those with wild friends bring shame [...]

One of the sayings that was really popular when I became a Christian back in the late 80s was “God steers a moving vehicle”. It means that if you are not sure what God wants you to do, then do something that is good and helpful to others. And as you start doing His work [...]