I was recently pondering on the word ‘faithful’ and thinking that unlike wonderful, by which we mean that something is ‘full’ of wonder, ‘faithful’ does not mean full of faith but ‘one who is loyal and constant to their word’ (according to the Oxford dictionary). It derives from the idea that someone who is faithful […]

In their book ‘Blessing your spirit’ Sylvia Gunter and Arthur Burk introduce us to the idea that we can ‘grow’ our spirit, and that our spirit is not given to us like one of our physical attributes, like our height or the colour of our eyes, which is in our genetic code. The spirit that […]

When Moses asked God what name he should give the Israelites if they asked him who had sent him, the name that God gave Himself was YHWH (which we now write as YAHWEH). These four consonants are known as the aspirated or breath consonants because the sound they make is like someone breathing out. I […]

We have now been pursuing our theme of thanksgiving for two months, and what is becoming clearer and clearer is that as we respond in all the various situations of life with thanksgiving, we are in fact choosing to respond to everything with faith in our hearts. As we thank God for the opportunities that […]

As we continue to think about the fact that God is perfecting us, we need to have a look at 2 Corinthians 4:7. It’s the part in Pauls’ letter where, having described himself as Gods’ servant, and someone in whose heart God Himself has shone giving him ‘the light of the knowledge of the glory […]

In yesterdays blog we were looking at the wonderful truth that although the Lord is not perfectionist with us, He is working to ‘perfect’ or ‘fulfill’ His purpose for our lives, because He loves us, Psalm 138:8. In addition to blessing us with good things in so many ways, the Lord also uses difficulties and […]

Aren’t you glad God isn’t a perfectionist. Well I certainly am. When I was a young Christian, there was much emphasis on ‘walking in the spirit’. It was how we described walking with the Lord, responding to His leading and promptings. It was all very exciting, discovering that all sorts of things could happen as […]

FOMO or ‘Fear Of Missing Out’ is not a new phenomena. In todays’ world however, that fear is increased by the consumerism underpinning  our society, and the social media that enables us all to view and compare the lives of other people with our own.  We can often feel that we are missing out on […]

Yesterday we were considering how God remained unchanging in His intention towards Joseph and in His purpose for his life. Joseph went through all kinds of trials, not just because his brothers were jealous and mean to him, but because God knew that if he was to fulfill the role that God had planned for […]

It is a wonderful truth that our God is an unchanging God. The Apostle James tells us that ‘every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17. We know that when something is lit up by the sun, its […]