Jesus concluded his instructions to the seventy with these words: “Remember this: Whoever listens to your message is actually listening to me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me, and not only me but the one who sent me.” (‭‭Luke‬ ‭10:16‬) What message does the world hear us speaking? Is it one of selfishness and self-centredness, or one of love, acceptance, help, forgiveness and grace. Remember, He who is IN you is greater than he who is in this world. ❤️ #health #ans

One day Jesus taught his disciples this: “Betrayals are inevitable, but great devastation will come to the one guilty of betraying others. It would be better for him to have a heavy boulder tied around his neck and be hurled into the deepest sea than to face the punishment of betraying one of my dear ones! So be alert to your brother’s condition, and if you see him going the wrong direction, cry out and correct him. If there is true repentance on his part, forgive him. No mat

… we come to God in faith knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who passionately seek him. (Heb 11:6‬) Have you ever been smitten in love? Do you remember the early times with the wife of your youth, (husband or partner), how they would just walk in a room and lighten it up? I would try and engineer meetings so that I could just be around her, everything about her was just fabulous and I couldn’t get enough of her. When her dog was old and died, she w

Which one of us can truly say, “I am free from sin in my life, for my heart is clean and pure”? Mark it down: God hates it when you demonstrate a double standard— one for “them” and one for “you.” (‭‭Prov 20:9) Let’s face it we have ALL performed with double standards at one time or another. But GOD in Jesus shows us how to behave. When the religious rulers dragged the woman caught in adultery before Jesus in order to stone her to death they weren’t doing it out of any perfec

… if anyone does sin, we continually have a forgiving Redeemer who is face-to-face with the Father: Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. (1 John‬ ‭2:1‬) Some time ago the Preacher at church was hammering on about people being trapped in their own sins and unless they ‘came clean’ they wouldn’t just remain in bondage, but even die in their sins …! I happened to be helping at at the back of church at the time and leaning on the back of a small bench, when a guy surreptitiously snuc

Are there any believers in your fellowship suffering great hardship and distress? Encourage them to pray! Are there happy, cheerful ones among you? Encourage them to sing out their praises! Are there any sick among you? Then ask the elders of the church to come and pray over the sick and anoint them with oil in the name of our Lord. And the prayer of faith will heal the sick and the Lord will raise them up, and if they have committed sins they will be forgiven. Confess and ac

(Jesus speaking) “… And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!” (John‬ ‭16:33‬) In a world of constant flux and associated turmoil everyone is looking for peace, space to think, rest, hope … love. Just yesterday, I received a fabulous WhatsApp from a beaut

And God has made all things new, and reconciled us to himself, and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God. (‭‭2 Cor ‭5:18‬) Everyone seems to be going through tough times right now and because I act as a key worker (and am therefore still working), I suppose I get to see a lot more ‘issues’ than most – and yesterday was no exception. I’ve been trying to share the Lord’s Peace with a terribly hurt and disappointed guy at work who’s going through a very horrible div

Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way you’ll find he pulled it off perfectly! Quiet your heart in his presence and pray; keep hope alive as you long for God to come through for you. And don’t think for a moment that the wicked in their prosperity are better off than you. I was once young, but now I’m old. Not once have I found a lover of God forsaken by him, nor have any of their children gone hungry. (‭‭Psa‬ ‭37) Uncertainty. Anger. Jealo

“You are to be holy to Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.” (Lev ‭20:26) From what I understand, the Hebrew term ‘Holy’ is transliterated as: ‘other than’. As such, because our very spirits have been ‘reborn’ we are no longer subject to the pulls, tugs and outright demands of this world, but to be ‘set apart.’ The Hebrew term ‘set apart’ is badal, meaning: to separate, disjoin, as two places by a veil, fence or wall. Jesus

… don’t turn your back on GOD. Worship and serve him heart and soul! Don’t chase after ghost-gods. There’s nothing to them. They can’t help you. They’re nothing but ghost-gods! GOD, simply because of who he is, is not going to walk off and leave his people (you). GOD took delight in making you into his very own people. And neither will I walk off and leave you. That would be a sin against GOD! I’m staying right here at my post praying for you and teaching you the good and rig

… live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us thro

Gaze upon him, join your life with his, and joy will come. Your faces will glisten with glory. You’ll never wear that shame-face again. (Psa 34:5) I’m reading this and an old song flows into my heart … Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace Oh soul are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There’s light for a look at the Savior And life more abundant and

Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the words I’m about to speak before I even start a sentence! You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart

God said to me once and for all, “All the strength and power you need flows from me!” And again I heard it clearly said, “All the love you need is found in me!” (Psa‬ ‭62:11) EVERYONE who has been placed by GOD in Christ has been allocated a Holy Gift and the Bible shows us that the Holy Spirit in us controls the Gifts he manifests. Some know the Way because they ‘see’ the hidden workings of the world as clearly as if they could see the magnificent hues of a vivid rainbow on

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet as good as dead, but he laid his right hand on me and I heard his reassuring voice saying: Don’t yield to fear. I am the Beginning and I am the End, the Living One! I was dead, but now look—I am alive forever and ever. And I hold the keys that unlock death and the unseen world. (‭‭Rev‬ ‭1:17) Jesus is clearly speaking to all of his siblings throughout eternity that we’ve not to yield to fear. He tells us this because he now holds all th

Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him. (‭‭Gen‬ ‭5:24‬) Thinking about this took me back to my childhood – summer holidays that lasted forever, hours of solid exploring and joy and happy times spent with an eclectic bunch of friends that truly shaped each other. Friends you wanted to be with so much that it hurt. Moving forward in time, we used to have a Friday evening BBQ for some of the church guys that we colloquially ended up cal

“My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice and hide it within will you succeed. So train your heart to listen when I speak and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment— then pass it on to your sons and daughters.” (‭‭Pro 2:1) No matter how many ‘friends’ we gather around us, aren’t all of us really on a solo journey? Don’t all of us individually look for direction – each day? Yes, people can get i

Jesus answered, … “Go back to your home and to your family and tell them what the Lord has done for you. Tell them how he had mercy on you.” (Mark‬ ‭5:19‬) My wife had been walking with Christ for only a few hours when she suddenly said, “you have to take me to ‘such and such‘ Hospital, my colleague is in there and I must go and tell them now about Jesus!” I was really nervous – but when your wife commands..! We arrived about visiting time and there were lots of this guy’s fr

Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me. Hold me close to you with a willing spirit that obeys whatever you say. … Lord God, unlock my heart, unlock my lips, and I will overcome with my joyous praise! For the source of your pleasure is not in my performance or the sacrifices I might offer to you. The fountain of your pleasure is found in the sacrifice of my shattered heart before you. You will not despise my tenderness as I humbl