The reality is that much of the success (spiritually) we can have in 2014 lies very much with us. It is so easy to be passive and just float along and not be aggressive and hungry for more of God in our lives. There is also the danger of simply putting up with stuff in our lives and making excuses, like “my father was bad tempered […]
I made a statement in the last blog that a dear friend asked me to clarify. I said “I can’t and won’t blame the devil”. I sincerely believe the devil was defeated on the cross, and although the Bible says he goes around like a roaring lion, and wants to intimidate God’s people, if we fulfil 1 John 1.7 “But if we walk in the […]
I want you to turn with me to Lev. 21:16-24. Here God speaks to Moses and gives him a message to give to his brother Aaron the Chief priest. The message simply is that if any priests have a “defect” in his body he is disqualified from ministry. I am glad we are under the new Covenant and do not have to be disqualified, but […]
I talked recently about making new year resolutions, The start of a new year is a good time to do it,, and of course we can make resolutions/declarations at any time. Many of the Bible writers did it for example the Apostle Paul in Phil. 3 “That I may know Him” Paul was saying that his number one priority was to become intimately acquainted with the […]
I guess we have all heard the saying “Hindsight is 20/20 vision” meaning that often only when we look back after months and years we can see how the Lord was teaching us a lesson. I think sometimes too we are often in the midst of a situation that we realise we are also in the Lord’s classroom. He has many ways and means to […]