There is much talk in our day about ‘the presence of God’, and we do hear of those times when the Lord’s presence is overwhelming. We read of such an occasion in 2 Chronicles 7 vs 1-3 when Solomon dedicated His temple and the glory of the Lord filled the house so that the priests […]

In the last two blogs we have been looking at how our thanksgiving to God for the work of the cross and for our heavenly Fathers unfailing love can help us to protect ourselves from the wiles of the enemy.  Thanksgiving focuses our hearts and minds on all that God is and blocks out the […]

In Romans Chapter 8 vs 35 St Paul asks the rhetorical question, “Who can separate us from the love of Christ?” And then he answers himself in verses 38 and 39 that nothing in all creation is able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord, including, natural […]

We wrote last time about giving the enemy a headache. Well of course we don’t know if that can actually be done, but we do know that we can give him a profound headache metaphorically and spiritually speaking. This is because the devil was totally defeated and disarmed at the cross, but since he is […]

In Psalm 50 vs 14 and 15 the Lord says to the psalmist ‘Sacrifice thank offerings to God. Fulfill your vows to the Most High, and call on Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you and you will honour Me. What is great about these verses, is that they come from […]

We know that Jesus specifically encourages us to ’do not worry’ with regard to our lives, food, clothing etc Matthew 6 vs 25, and He encourages us not to take those anxious thoughts on board, because as He explains in vs 32 we have a heavenly Father who cares for us. This is also recognition […]

In Romans 8 vs 14 we read that those who are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God (NIV). I think that probably most of us would want to ‘do’ better at being led by the Spirit. Learning  to walk in the Spirit is one of those mystical and personal […]

Using thanksgiving to make scripture personal is an amazing way to increase our faith,  and walk in close friendship with the Lord. Let’s take for example the 23rd Psalm and put an ‘I thank you in front of each phrase and then read it slowly and specifically to the Lord as he sits alongside us […]

We can naturally think of thanking God when He has blessed us in some way, but what about thanking Him when we are faced with a great need. Jesus shows us how it’s done. Have a look at the feeding of the 5,000. Luke Chapter 9 vs 12 -17.  He is faced with meeting a […]

In Psalm 100 we are exhorted to ‘Bless the Lord’ and to ‘not forget His benefits’. How extraordinary that we can bless the source of all blessing. What an incredible thought that our gratitude can bless God’s heart, make Him happy!!! Amazing! the God of all joy and gladness can be ‘blessed’ by us, and […]