Devotional 30 April 2017
Words of Farewell Another First When we look back over our lives we see so many “firsts”. Our first day at school, our first job, when we got married, our first child, our first overseas trip, those things we had never experienced before which often were marked with big changes. I am about to experience…
Devotional 23 April 2017
When All Hope Is Gone Hope is a word of optimism and expectation that looks forward with anticipation to the future, yet multitudes of people have lost their hope. Some are hopeless about specific areas such as their marriages, children, health, finances, or jobs. But for others, this emotion permeates their entire lives. They exist…
Devotional 16 April 2017
GRACE Gods grace is hard to accept. We feel we should have earned it ourselves . We naturally enjoy celebrating our achievements and those of our friends. If someone gets promoted or wins a contract, or the spot they play in the team excels, we are quick to congratulate them. If it were a competition…
Devotional 9 April 2017
Our sincere thanks must go to the Call Committee who have prayerfully waited on the Lord and so faithfully gone through such a lengthy process to select our new pastor who has now answered the call and accepted the position. Pastor Ross Woodhouse will spiritually guide Fairfield Baptist Church for its next season, and we…
Devotional 2 April 2017
THE REAL ST. PATRICK WAS NOT A MYTHICAL CATHOLIC SAINT St. Patrick’s Day was recently celebrated on 17 March. History speaks of Patrick’s family having fled from Jerusalem to Britain in 70AD. Patrick was born around 389AD & raised in a Christian family. A prodigal who did not follow Jesus; at age 16, he was…
Devotional 26 March 2017
Temptation We are easy prey for temptation when we do not consciously work at our relationship with Christ. When we don’t spend time daily reading the Bible and praying, it’s like going into a battle zone without any protection. Because we are not consciously seeking to keep close to Jesus and spending time daily listening…
Devotional 19 March 2017
In 1937 there were 1,368 missionaries in China! Mr Roland Hogben was in charge of candidates at the CIM Bible Institute in England and he taught Bible content and homiletics. In his class students had to discover Bible truths for themselves. Five leading questions were to be answered for the following week with no commentaries…
Devotional 5 March 2017
Learning from Christian Farming Trusts in South Waikato Last year I had the privilege of attending the book launch of the book entitled “In Trust: A New Zealand Story” by Ian Hunter. This book outlines the history of trusts, formed way back in the 1950s by Christian farmers. Since then their tremendous support financially has…
Devotional 26 February 2017
DOES RUSSIA FIGURE IN END TIME PROPHECY? Both Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38 speak of the King of the North / Magog who will become a real threat to Israel in the last days. Magog is generally seen as present day Russia and the most Northern country above Israel is Russia. When the USSR was…
Devotional 19 February 2017
The Christian’s Greatest Need When Paul wrote to the Ephesian church in the early AD 60’s, he prayed in ch 1:17 that “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know Him better.” This then, as Christians must be our…