7 April 2016

A BIG THANK YOU

What can I say but thank you to those for have sent words of encouragement, and said they were praying for me. O how we need each other, we can’t make it on our own, and with prayer from others and the Lord’s intervention we come can come through to a large place of blessing. Praise the Lord. Once again thank you.

6 April 2016

THE MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Early into my Pastoral Ministry I stumbled on  (or was it the Lord leading me?)Hebrews 3:13 N.I.V. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today” so that none of you may be hardened by the sin of deceitfulness. From then on I tried to make a practice of encouraging people when I saw them. When I went into Bible College Ministry […]

6 April 2016

CONTINUING THE JOURNEY

It is 64.5 years since as a 10 year old boy I knelt at the Penitent Form,  in a Salvation Army Hall in Melbourne Australia and asked for the Lord’s forgiveness and to for Him to come into my life. What an exciting journey it has been, some of which I shared in yesterday’s blog. Some of the retired men at our local church meet for […]

4 April 2016

WALKING IN THE WILL OF GOD

Margaret and I have been sharing together lately on how the Lord has led us over the years. The various Pastoral appointments we have had, and the choices we could have made, and the places we could have gone too, but believed then and now the churches we Pastored were the perfect will of God for us. Then the dramatic change of direction as the […]

31 March 2016

A GLORIOUS PROMISE

Next week I have been asked to preach on Acts 3:12-26 as part of a preaching series in our local church. Verses 19 -21 are very significant. Now repent of your sins and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped away, then  the times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord and he will again  send you Jesus your appointed Messiah. For […]