Like many English words, ‘survey’ has various meanings. To investigate opinions/experiences of others, to examine/record an area so as to construct a map, plan or description, or to look closely at or examine someone or something. I think the old hymn about the cross of Jesus Christ was most likely referring to this latter definition. But we could look at it from these other angles too.
Read MoreBut who is the gardener? Who is the one with the fork and trowel? Digging away, scooping, scraping…
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Read More“Don’t you have any thoughts of your own?!” Well of course I had, but I had taken these thoughts captive to obey Christ.
Read MoreOne of the many roles as a teacher is to be a peacemaker. Some days just seem to be filled with little people’s problems and me trying to fix them. So, if I’m making peace all day long, that means I’m going to be really blessed right?
Read MoreWhat do we do with our 'not enough'? I don't think it would be easy to thank God for 'not enough'. To thank him for what appears to be a very obvious lack seems illogical.
Read MoreHe was the first baby. Ever! And he turned out to be a murderer. And I thought, how sad. And how incredibly typical of sin, and the human nature. It could only ever be downhill from there. Or was it?…
Read MoreNever be afraid to be a broken thing
Read MoreWe all desire purpose in our lives. It is the time we have in the now which needs to be lived. Grasp this moment, act now, for our "times are truly in His Hands".
Read MoreThere seems to be an emphasis on repeating too much, and the words being empty or meaningless. And it’s how people pray who don’t know God…
Read MoreThe pre-schooler took her hand and was all of a sudden able to face the task. He moved quicker, was more sure of himself and was willing to keep going and walking that dog.
Read MoreWhatever it is you might be 'running from', the story of Jonah in the boat tells us that when he came to realise he was trying to run from God, and when he finally stopped running, the storms - the raging... stopped.
Read MoreIf these poetic lines tell us anything, it's that David realised that he could not survive without God.
Read MoreI guess I find this sort of encouraging. Even when I feel like a failure, it's ok. God is still there. It happens to us all and God knows and understands…
Read MoreNothing makes the promise of never leaving us. Or at least nothing can make the promise - AND KEEP IT.
Read MoreOne of my favourite pictures of Jesus, is that of Him riding on a donkey. Why did He ride on a donkey? He made a particular point of asking His disciples to go and find the particular colt (a donkey’s foal) for the job. And not only that, but this colt and its mother were known by Jesus to already be in a nearby village waiting. They were there by heavenly design for the moment when the King of kings would require them.
Read More“Your faith has made you well.”
Read MoreGod is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Read MoreWe remember everyone who is born from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.
Read More“But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand. Psalm 31:14-15 ESV
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