I re-learnt two valuable spiritual lessons yesterday, and I would like to share them with you. We have had a very cold winter this year so have had to use our ducted heating for much of the time. The on/off switch on the wall has worked well for its 12 years of life, but recently has been becoming difficult to turn on and off, and […]

As many of my readers know I became a Christian in The Salvation Army as a boy of 10. When I became a teenager I would attend the annual State Youth Conference. In the mid to late 1950’s I met a great bunch of young people from a regional country town at the Conference one year, I was so impressed by them, I quit my […]

Back in the 1970’s I was given a small “cheap” plastic plaque on a stand, I appreciated the gift, and it sat on my desk for a number of years, I have come to appreciate even more what was written on the plaque. PLEASE BE PATIENT GOD ISN’T FINISHED WITH ME YET. There is another related type of statement (I cannot remember all the words) […]

As parents we know from frustrating experience how our children develop an enquiring mind, and can ask incessant questions. Sadly the enquiring “WHY” of a child can become the rebellious ‘WHY” of a teenager. In our sinful nature we develop an attitude against authority, and want to do OUR OWN THING, often to our detriment. OBEDIENCE & SURRENDER are essential key truths in the Believer’s […]

I don’t know about you, but when I read Paul’s words i 1 Cor. 1:27-28 NKJV I get very encouraged. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; And the base things of the world and the things […]