28 March 2016

IT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES (1)

I taught a Bible College   Counselling course for over 10 years called “Understanding People”, to help future Pastors to do just that, understand why people act and react the way they do, I hoped it would also help them understand themselves. The Bible teaches us that man is made up of three parts  BODY, SOUL & SPIRIT. Paul prayed for the Thessalonian believers that “The God […]

28 March 2016

A COMMITMENT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

In January 2005 I made a commitment to the Lord, as the Holy Spirit moved upon me in a church service,  to love the Lord more, and to love S.E.Asia more, I could not have foreseen  what the commitment would produce.  At the end of August  2005 I resigned from my teaching role in one of Australia’s largest Bible Colleges and literally stepped out in faith […]

11 March 2016

CONSTANT, CONTINUOUS LOVE

As I was praying this morning and spending some time thanking the Lord for all His blessings, including His “everlasting love to me” Jer.31:3. An old hymn came to mind. A friend I have called Jesus, whose love is strong and true, and never fails howe’er  tis tried no matter what I do, I’ve sinned against this love of His, but when I knelt to […]

9 March 2016

A BRIEF UPDATE &REQUESTS FOR PRAYER

At least in my personal experience, Preachers don’t always enjoy their own preaching but this past Sunday I was so blessed as I preached on the allocated text of Acts 2:1-13. Some of what I had to say is in my recent blog “The Church is born”. The Baptism with the holy Spirit that John and Jesus prophesied about, was (and is) an experience of power for […]

6 March 2016

PRAISE AND KEEP ON PRAYING

I just watched a C.B.N. tv news report on the revival in Indonesia. I was so blessed watching it, and knowing how true the story is. In the largest Muslim nation in the world the Christian population is now at least 30%. I have seen much of this growth with my own eyes. There are local churches of 50.000+ members, 30.000+ members, 20.000+ members, and […]