An encouragement for 2010 (well it encourages me !): Matthew 11:28-30 (New Living Translation) 28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Bookmark...

Sermon at New Life Church 2nd Aug 2009. Click here to listen Is it Too Good to be True!? As I was researching for this sermon, I decided to consult the internet.  I googled several terms, and eventually came across these wise words, which were not as encouraging as they first sounded: “… a good sermon helps people in different ways: some rise from it strengthened, others wake from it...

I had always thought belief and faith were the same thing.  The following example really helps you understand however that there is a difference. When you approach a chair, you look at it.  You analyse its structure, and you brain no doubt completes many calculations whilst figuring out if that chair will support your weight.  Once you have collected enough evidence that the chair looks like it...

My little girl can be so very naughty.  Having hit that terrible 2 age, she regularly throws tantrums and has been know to damage furniture, to scratch me and her mother, to bite, to throw things around, the list is endless on what a 2 year old can do!  And yet no matter what she does, I never stop loving her, and I always forgive her. How much more does our father in heaven love us!?  He sent His...

The subject for my second sermon which I preached at New-Life Church this Sunday gone was:  “To obey is better than sacrifice”. It was based on when King Saul only partialy obeyed the Word of the Lord.  I examined motives, the excuses and God’s hate of disobedience, and he delight in obedience.  To finish I spoke on the help we have from the Holy Spirit and the importance of not...

I was reminded today, whilst reading Our Daily bread, how AWESOME our God truly is.  The Son in the story had taken his inheritence from his father and squandered it all.  And yet when it was all gone he found himself alone, his friends having abandoned him.  To keep alive he was lowered to keeping pigs and even considered eating their food simply to keep alive. Eventually he comes to the realisation...