Biblical Discipleship is essential for the new believer, so that strong spiritual and Biblical foundations can be laid into their life, so that quite quickly they mature spiritually (without the weeks/months/years of defeat) and can become Disciplemakers. Another essential reason for Discipleship/Mentoring is to tell and show the new believer who he is in Christ, and what is his inheritance is in Christ (now and in […]

Psalm 87 in seven verses speaks three times of “this one was born in Zion”. There are many interpretations to what Zion was in the Psalmist’s mind . Some say, the city of Jerusalem, others a hill in the region there, and so on. Let us take this beautiful Psalm and pass it through the cross, and apply New Covenant principles to it. Let me first […]

I simply love Psalm 84 it is very much the expression of my heart, but I also want it to be  an ever increasing declaration. We believe ALL the Bible is the Word of God, but often we need to take Old Testament passages and pass them through the Cross, and apply new Covenant Truth to the words, and they simple come alive. We know […]

As I continue my  current journey through the psalms I have been challenged and blessed by some verses recently. I am not sure where this blog will go today, but may my ponderings also be a blessing and challenge to you. Psalm 81:You called in trouble, and I delivered you, I answered you in the place of thunder, I tested you at the waters of […]

This blog may not be considered a very “spiritual” article for consideration, but I share it as it is fresh and stimulating to me. Do you remember as a child that the start of a school term to the end of term seemed like an eternity before the next school holidays? As Margaret and I chat we will mention something that happened in the past, […]