The Psalmist declares in Psalm 118:24 NKJV This is the day the Lord has made; we will be glad and rejoice in it.PASSION This is the very day of the Lord that brings gladness and joy filling our hearts with glee.MESSAGE This is the very day God acted— let’s celebrate and be festive.The Psalmist may have been referring to the Jewish Sabbath, but under the […]

From the very early days of my Pastoral Ministry I have had a burden for what I now call Biblical Discipleship, not that I could have articulated what I “felt” in those early days. In the 1970’s a Ministry team from the U.S. came to visit the church I was pastoring in Sydney and lady on the team prophesied that I would particularly be ministering […]

It is easy for our imagination to take us to the stands of an Olympic stadium, and watching the conclusion of a marathon run. The writer to Hebrews paints this picture of i being in the race and many people watching us as we head for the finishing line. WE read in Heb. 12:1-2 NKJV Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great […]

Over 46 years ago I flew into Singapore for the very first time, I did not know just how much this Island State (and the region) was to become such a part of our lives for the next 30+ years, including living there once for 2 years as the Principal of a Bible College, and later a further three months oversighting a local church. We […]

Do you have a Mentor/Spiritual father? I was chatting to a young Asian Pastor recently and must have concluded with the word SON. We have been friends for quite a number of years, although he had never expressed a desire to be Mentored by me, but the reason for our messaging was the result of a real struggle he was experiencing. When we next chatted […]