GOD ’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with GOD (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left. (Lam 3:22) I’ve just been reading again how a Christian Priest in AD 264 was beheaded for breaking emperor Claudius II’s law that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, so he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realising the

(Jesus speaking) “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Then come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.” (‭‭Mat ‭11:28) “Come.” The Holy Spirit of GOD is calling you into His Presence … “Receive.” The Holy Spirit of GOD sees all your needs and wan

Jesus speaking) “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” (‭‭Mat ‭6:34‬) Whatever you’re facing, whatever you’re thinking, however you’re feeling and whichever path lies open – YOU ARE NOT ALONE – take a few minutes and ask your Heavenly Father for help. 2021 is just a number – you are worth so much more to Him ! ❤

Get out of bed … Wake up. Put your face in the sunlight. GOD ’s bright glory has risen for you. The whole earth is wrapped in darkness, all people sunk in deep darkness, But GOD rises on you, his sunrise glory breaks over you. Nations will come to your light, kings to your sunburst brightness… (‭‭Isa‬ ‭60:1) To my mind there’s never been a time like this – not in my lifetime anyway! A time when people are openly asking why you believe what you do, and what really happens in a

As you yield freely and fully to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life. For your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit and hinder him from living free within you! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your old self-life from dominating you! … The cravings of the self-life are obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful thoughts, pornography, chasing after things instead of God, manipulating others, hat

The eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him— those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God. (‭‭Psa 33:18‬) Our GOD can (and will) come through for us in the most amazing ways. One that sticks in my mind was from a missionary to the Amazon. He told us that he was in a party of 3 missionaries who were trying to cross a particularly difficult river during monsoon. The river wasn’t particularly deep but it was running fast an

(GOD speaking) “I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.” (‭‭Isa 42:16‬) I have been blind … many, many times I haven’t wanted to see what was going on around me – to my harm. I have wasted good money … many, many times on trying to satisfy my needs – and ended up

Jesus tells us plainly that “Troubles and obstacles to your faith are inevitable”, however he also promises; “I give you an eternal truth: If two of you agree to ask God for something in a symphony of prayer, my heavenly Father will do it for you. For wherever two or three come together in honour of my name, I am right there with them!” (‭‭Mat 18:19) Be open before GOD. Tell him what’s happening – he has seen everything and knows it all anyway! If you struggle with prayer, th

… submit to the authority of those who are your masters—not only to those who are kind and gentle but even to those who are hard and difficult. You find God’s favour by deciding to please God even when you endure hardships because of unjust suffering. For what merit is it to endure mistreatment for wrongdoing? Yet if you are mistreated when you do what is right, and you faithfully endure it, this is commendable before God. In fact, you were called to live this way, because Ch

“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord.” (‭‭Jer 29:13) “We would preach and then we would pray. You felt the Glory. You felt the majesty of GOD. Today we go to the meeting-house and there is coffee, tea and fruit in the room by the platform. People speak of trivial things and then come to the platform. How can you just turn off and on the Power of GOD?” Leonard Ravenhill, on General Booth and the Salvation Army. But you ne

Never retaliate when someone treats you wrongly, nor insult those who insult you, but instead, respond by speaking a blessing over them—because a blessing is what God promised to give you. For the Scriptures tell us: Whoever wants to embrace true life and find beauty in each day must stop speaking evil, hurtful words and never deceive in what they say. Always turn from what is wrong and cultivate what is good; eagerly pursue peace in every relationship, making it your prize.

Hatred keeps old quarrels alive, but love draws a veil over every insult and finds a way to make sin disappear. (Pro 10:12‬) So love finds a way to make sin disappear! What an amazing statement. If GOD has made love that powerful then what do we want from love? Most of us will agree that when we mess up (and we do – often), we don’t want recrimination. What we actually want is kind, constant, and honest communication. We want to see love in action and not a rebuke. We want to

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe,

I can testify that the Word is true and deserves to be received by all, for Jesus Christ came into the world to bring sinners back to life—even me, the worst sinner of all! (1 Tim 1:15) We’re living in unprecedented times where the effects of unchecked fear grows rampant in our society. Fear from false news, fear of Covid-19, fear of job losses, fear of financial issues, fear of physical and mental issues, fear of loneliness, fear of what we’re becoming …! But take heart, for

(GOD speaking) “My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. (‭‭2 Cor‬ ‭12:9) This past few days I’ve tried to encourage you with stories of GOD’s Awesome Grace – His outworking Love in action. And for every story recounted of GOD’s Grace, the ripple effect of encouragement will continue to reverberate throughout millions of broken and open hearts all over the world. Child of the Living GOD, we are all weak, we all fall short, we all

Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, the Victorious… (‭‭Acts‬ ‭9:5) My mother tells a story of how at five years old I almost drowned at our local open air Lido swimming pool. All I remember about the event is an intense emotion rising as I watched everyone around me laughing, jumping in and having fun and I wanted to join in – so I jumped in too! Unfortunately, as I didn’t know how to swim I just sank like a stone. I remember sitting at the bottom thinking that this isn’t as muc

You may think you’re right all the time, but God thoroughly examines our motives. (‭‭Pro ‭21:2) Humankind are excellent at justifying our actions – especially when we’re caught out! The relationship with the young girl at work might seem innocent enough, but where’s it heading? The magazine you found at the Gym tickles your fancy, but where’s this heading? The drink you consumed last night helped chase away the shadows, but where’s it heading? GOD knows everything, and He alw

Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God’s grace, you’re equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don’t run aground. (‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3:7‬) As a I write this, I’m looking at a card that says: “Don’t laugh at your husbands choices, you’re one of them!” Seeds of anger, bitterness, toxic jealousy, revenge, cannot be allowed to live in us because: We pray to a GOD Who tells us

(GOD speaking) “I, I’m the One comforting you. What are you afraid of—or who?” (‭‭Isa‬ ‭51:12) All of us have experienced this. We’ve watched in awe as a young child ran into their mothers loving arms. Although the child seemed visibly distraught and terribly upset, they ‘instinctively’ knew where to go for help! Likewise, our Heavenly Father doesn’t judge when we run back to Him – His arms are ever open wide and he ‘longs’ to prove Himself Faithful by comforting His Children

I lie awake each night thinking of you and reflecting on how you help me like a father. I sing through the night under your splendor-shadow, offering up to you my songs of delight and joy! With passion I pursue and cling to you. Because I feel your grip on my life, I keep my soul close to your heart. (‭‭Psa‬ ‭63) Go back and think on the first time you actually met GOD… wasn’t it amazing?!? For me it was the time that True Love actually stepped into the ugly mess of my life a