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...

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...

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...

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...

More and more often I am being reminded that we are people of war!  We are in a spiritual battle, we are soldiers of Christ.  How foolish therefore would it be for a soldier to rush out to battle without protective clothing?  Without the tools to succeed in battle? As Christians we can all to often...

I took a look at Our Daily Bread today and was reminded of my own conversion story.  Sauls was as dramatic as I can imagine, and there are many many dramatic conversion stories through out the ages.  No matter however how, dramatic or even “normal” our conversion was, the result is the...

I think “Love your neighbour as yourself” is one of the best known lines of the Bible.  At least thats what non-Christians quote to me when telling me what they understand about the faith.  Have we ever thought about what this law actually means!? Sure I have….  Havent I?  I am...

The same God who made the universe, who sent His only Son to die on the cross, who raised from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the Father in Heaven, having authority over all things, offers us power by His Holy Spirit, to live a life that pleases Him, and to enable us to do things we never...

The first thing that struck me about this passage was the amount of love the Father has for his people.  I sometimes loose sight of how much our God loves!  Here we see him talking just as you or I would talk about our own children had they flown the nest without as much as a wave, a thank you, or...

Last nights preach at Lifegroups Together really struck home, and before I forget the key parts that jumped out at me, I want to spend this mornings quiet time with the Lord, reflecting on what was said, and looking at what the Bible says about commitment. “…In a Bacon and Egg sandwich, the...