But who is the gardener? Who is the one with the fork and trowel? Digging away, scooping, scraping…
Read MoreIn a remarkable act of sportsmanship, Steve Smith walked over, bent down, and tied Shamar’s shoelaces.
Read MoreWhich is of more worth - a baby donkey or a baby lamb? If I've got to offer a lamb or goat to redeem a donkey, which would I rather keep?
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 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 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 MoreThere are six facts about Jesus' death and resurrection that are agreed on by almost all scholars. It doesn't matter whether the scholar believe in God or not, they can all agree on the historical reliability of these 6 facts…
Read More“Your faith has made you well.”
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 MoreWhile meditating on this thought, I pictured a huge table laden with indulgent food; a banquet with people gorging themselves with food. Sounds pretty good, right? What will they do afterwards?
Read MoreLament is incredibly common in the Bible - many of the Psalms, there's a whole book called Lamentations, even Jesus laments in Gethsemane and when Lazarus died.
Read MoreIn an incredible act of grace and long-suffering, God sent His son, Jesus. Every time we mess up, Jesus is still holding up His end of the promise. Through Him, faithfulness is credited to us as well.
Read MoreThe word THEREFORE means ‘for that reason’, ‘consequently’, ‘because of that’, ‘on that ground’ or maybe even ‘I said all that, so I could say this…’
Read MoreBecause of Jesus in us, we can choose to follow Him, and be a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.
Read MoreYou are completely satisfying to God – a sweet smelling fragrance to Him.
Read MoreTo allow God to fill our hearts with hope, we must relinquish control. As we surrender to the Lord, His promise to us is that He will control our uncontrollable.
Read MoreJesus placed His faith and hope in God, and love might continue to be eternally supreme! Therefore we who believe in Jesus cannot condemned to die, for love saves!
Read More…our work for the Lord must be produced by faith. Our labour for the Lord must be motivated by love and our capacity to endure must be inspired by hope.
Read MorePrayer is so powerful, because as we constantly talk things through with God, we are actively committing and submitting our ways and actions and thoughts to God - which constantly realigns our will with His.
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