It was reading the book ‘Blessing your Spirit’ by Arthur Burke and Sylvia Gunter that first introduced me to the thought that we could help ourselves to grow bigger in our spirit, to enlarge our spirit. Previously it had always seemed to me that when we were born again our spirit, that had been dead […]

A few days ago we were looking at the incredible mystery that ‘Christ is in me’, and that I can spread the fragrance of Christ in all I do as I let His life flow through my gifting and talents, skills and anointing. I can touch people with the Life of Christ as it flows […]

A few days ago we were looking at that incredible mystery that ‘Christ is in me’, and that I can spread the fragrance of Christ in all I do as I let His life flow through my gifting and talents, skills and anointing. I can touch people with the Life of Christ as it flows […]

In our blog yesterday we were seeing that thanking the Lord for all our brothers and sisters can be a great antidote to any sense of being better than others in other groups and churches, even though I don’t see everything as they do, and in fact I may find some of their practices and […]

In his letter to his friends in Corinth Paul says a very powerful thing that can easily pass almost unnoticed. “What have you got that you have not been given?” 1 Corinthians 4:7. And if this is the case, then what have you got to boast about, and what have you got that entitles you […]

Probably the most important thing to thank the Lord for when it comes to valuing myself is the fact that the Lord Himself has come by His Spirit to live in my spirit. This makes me the object of my Heavenly Father’s love and affection twice over.  He loves me firstly because He created me […]

Yesterday we were thinking about how valuing others, with their differences to us, can increase our love and unity in the Body of Christ. Today it occurred to me that, paradoxically, I can do that best when I value myself too. This is probably similar to the command Jesus gave to ‘love your neighbour as […]

Yesterday we were talking about revival and the part that love and unity play in bringing God’s presence to our Christian communities. Today we are considering the wonderful truth that unity does not mean uniformity or conformity. There is so much talk in these days about diversity and it is of course something that the […]

No.151. Thanksgiving and revival. We have been on our journey of thanksgiving now for five months. It’s a journey I believe that God initiated. A journey of transformation whereby as we have been turning to God in thanksgiving throughout these months, our faith has been growing, our friendship and fellowship with Him also, and our […]

We were looking yesterday at John’s journey from being a ‘son of thunder’ to being a father figure in the early church who urged those first Christians to greater love for each other. He did this by reminding them in his letters of Jesus’ new commandment, and by pointing them to the sacrificial love that […]