We hear a lot these days about the high levels of ‘anxiety’ that  people are experiencing at this time. I think that what we call ‘anxiety’ is what the bible would call ‘fear’, and we know that the bible is full of exhortations, in both the Old and the New Testament, not to be afraid- to […]

In the early days of the charismatic movement, we used to sing a song based on the AV translation of the Magnificat, Mary’s song. It started with the words that always puzzled me ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord…..’ I understood the sentiment but I didn’t think you could make God any bigger than He […]

Today we are returning to our theme of thanksgiving that expresses our agreement with, and total acceptance of what the Lord has done for us. One of the things we need to thank Him for is the fact that we are totally forgiven. Being grateful for the forgiveness He has bought for us on the […]

Yesterday we were looking at how the Holy Spirit loves to ‘shed the love of God abroad in our hearts’ and at how we can open our hearts and receive that love by saying ‘Thank you’ to Him. Today we are looking at the truth that God not only wants a ‘bride’ who truly believes […]

Before moving on to todays’ blog, I was going to add a post script to yesterdays’, but then it seemed that we needed more than a postscript. That in fact we needed at least another day, to focus some more, on thanking God for His amazing love. I believe it is so strongly on Gods’ […]

In these next few blogs, we are going to learn to ‘delight Gods’ heart’, by taking Him at His word. We could also call it ‘living by faith’, which is of course the only way to live as a Christian, as ‘Without faith, it is impossible to please God’. Hebrews 11:6. God is so pleased […]

Throughout the bible, the life of ‘faith’ is often talked about as, ‘walking with the Lord’. In 2 Corinthians 5:7 Paul tells his Christian readers to remember that ‘we walk by faith not sight’, and that we ‘have as our ambition…….to be pleasing to Him’ RSV. Enoch was a man who ‘walked with God’ and […]

Throughout January, we have been looking at the various situations where ‘giving thanks’ can make a powerful difference to our lives. As we look back, we can see that our thanksgiving actually is giving expression to our faith.  If we are not feeling that ‘faith’, we can by choosing to intentionally ‘give thanks’ actually, as […]

Yesterday we were looking at Habakkuks’ declaration of how he was going to ‘be joyful in God’ inspite of impending disaster Habakkuk 3:16. The result of his decision to ‘rejoice in the Lord’ is also amazing. After his declaration, about rejoicing, he says ‘The sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the […]

I am aware that sometimes an encouragement to ‘give thanks’ can seem somewhat trite or glib. This is especially true when someone is facing huge losses or personal disaster, as has been the case during this last year, when many people have lost jobs, money, loved ones, direction or just hope for their future. Habbakuk […]