The PASSION Blog

In yesterdays post I talked briefly about the process of renewing your mind from Romans 12:2. In today’s post I thought I would share some of the things we can do to transform our thinking patterns from worldly to God’s way of thinking.
1. Read your Bible regularly and reflectively
2. Pray and spend time alone with [...]

I have been reading and reflecting on Romans chapter 12 verses 1 and 2 the last few days. I have done this many times over the years as this passage was one of my first memory verses in the discipleship program I did.
For those not familiar with this passage it says…
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, [...]

I was reading the New Testament book of 1 Thessalonians this morning. The heading for chapter four is “Living to please God”. It grabbed my attention.
It is interesting that when you read through this chapter it naturally breaks into four paragraphs that tell us how to please God in the way we live. Here are [...]

This morning I came across a passage in Hebrews 10 that is titled “A call to persevere” (Hebrews 10:22-25). This talks about continuing on in your faith and doing the things that will help you to do this.
In this passage it uses the term “Let us” five times. I found that these give us some [...]

Over the years I have learned a few things that have helped me in my Bible reading. Today I thought I would share a few of them.
1. Pray first - I always ask God to help me understand what I am reading and that He will speak to me through it. I also ask to [...]

I came across this “alternate” version of the 23rd Psalm the other day. I think it is the one for people who are too busy. The real version is below it. Have a read of them both and see which one you relate to.
Psalm 23 (busy version)
The Lord is my Foreman, I shall not rest
He [...]

I was doing some background reading for an assignment recently and I had to look at the groups of people that were around in Jesus’ time. It was interesting reading about one of the main groups at the time - the Pharisees.
I found it interesting to read about what was important to them and why. [...]

One of my favourite passages of Scripture comes from Matthew 11:28-30. It says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For [...]

A friend asked me what my favourite Bible was recently. This was a hard question as I have a number of Bibles that I use for different things and some of them have been bought at different parts of my journey of faith.
My first favourite Bible was a hard cover Good News Study Bible I [...]

In my Pastoral Care unit we looked at some examples of good and bad shepherds this week. In Ezekiel 34 it gives us a guide to what good and bad pastoral care is.
Ezekiel was told to prophesy against the shepherds of Israel that are taking care of themselves and not the people. Ezekiel 34:1-5 are [...]