Category: Hope

Aim: Many of us have shared experiences of feeling that we have received messages from GOD through prayer. These encounters often involve a sense of calm, insight, excitement and responses to our inquiries and needs. As I’ve grown older in Christ, I’ve come to see that prayer involves confession, petition, and especially thanksgiving and praise. It’s an incredibly important occasion of personal, intimate conversation with GOD, deepening our spiritual connection over time.

Aim: The purpose is to inspire you to absorb GOD’s Word—not just read it as a book—but to treat it as a source of spiritual nourishment, offering a continuous stream of meaningful engagement within the ever-evolving life it holds. As you delve deeper, your Bible will transform into a personal diary of your spiritual experiences, with passages highlighted that speak to you during different life moments, struggles, or realisations.

Aim: The purpose is to inspire you to absorb GOD’s Word—not just read it as a book—but to treat it as a source of spiritual nourishment, offering a continuous stream of meaningful engagement within the ever-evolving life it holds. As you delve deeper, your Bible will transform into a personal diary of your spiritual experiences, with passages highlighted that speak to you during different life moments, struggles, or realisations.

Aim: The purpose is to inspire you to absorb GOD’s Word—not just read it as a book—but to treat it as a source of spiritual nourishment, offering a continuous stream of meaningful engagement within the ever-evolving life it holds. As you delve deeper, your Bible will transform into a personal diary of your spiritual experiences, with passages highlighted that speak to you during different life moments, struggles, or realisations.

“I’m enjoying your series on the Holy Spirit. I think you’ve nailed it, to be honest! The only thing I might add is that we don’t often have teaching/training on how God speaks to us, and people may miss the Holy Spirit‘s promptings because they just don’t recognise how God speaks to them. Not a sinful omission, just a lack of awareness… Blessings!”

It’s amazing how many people don’t think this affects their lives or the Holy Spirit’s influence. They might say, “This is just an issue I have with that person,” or “It just goes to show that you can’t get on with everybody,” believing their relationship with GOD is unaffected by their hard-hearted attitude.

Nothing erodes faith quicker than the acid of fear. That’s why the Bible expressly tells us (365 times), “Do not fear!” As believers, we are called to walk within our Salvation – that means lovingly trusting our Saviour; can you imagine a baby or child distrusting their mother’s good intentions?

1 Thessalonians 5:19, it says, “Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.” The term “stifle” evokes the idea of extinguishing a flame, suggesting that we can diminish the Holy Spirit’s influence in our lives – like putting out a fire!

“When we prefer the pleasures of sin to the Holy Spirit, then, we have to accept that His influence will be minimised in our lives by the things we do!”

If I were to get two glasses of water and pour them into a single vessel, not only would you not again be able to separate those waters, you wouldn’t be able to tell those waters apart! You would recognise that the two had become one!