Devotional 29 September 2019
Forgive One Another A delicate matter/topic for many. There has been betrayal, trauma, stress, broken relationships, deep pain as a result of actions toward us, or ours toward others. Yet, one in which the bible could not be more clear on. (see Matthew 6:12-15) What is forgiveness? It is recognising when we need to forgive,…
Devotional 22 September 2019
Serve One Another D. L. Moody was one of the most effective evangelists of the 19th Century. He established the YMCA and Moody Bible Institute among other things. A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of…
Devotional 15 September 2019
Love One Another The words “love one another” are from Jesus himself; they are a command for Christians. John had a particular interest in God’s love, writing extensively about it even though other writers have plenty to say about the matter of loving one another and gives us an accurate picture of Jesus’ love for…
Devotional 8 September 2019
RECEIVE GOD’S LOVE ‘We love him, because he first loved us.’ 1 John 4:19 We know how frustrating it is to try to give a gift to somebody who keeps refusing it. Insecurity and feelings of unworthiness keep many of us from being good ‘receivers’. We think we must earn or deserve everything we get….
Devotional 1 September 2019
The story of Naaman the Syrian army commander being healed of leprosy is found in 2 Kings 5:1-19. Elisha was the prophet who told Naaman how to be healed but it was Naaman’s little maid whose witness led him to Elisha. This little girl had been captured when the Syrians raided her village and was…
Devotional 25 August 2019
Trusting God in hard and painful times – 2 Kings 4:1-7 God’s word to us helps us see, though living in a different time, pain and struggle is not new. 2 Kings 4:1-7 is about real people, a story where a father has died and left his family – mum and two sons – in…
Devotional 18 August 2019
HAS YOUR BLESSING BECOME A BURDEN? ‘One’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.’ In Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island, five men escape prison by hijacking a hot air balloon. Quickly they sense the wind is carrying them out over the ocean. They see the horizon receding and realise they…
Devotional 11 August 2019
GOD, above all gods – 1 Kings 19:1-18 There are 3 truths of God present in the scripture: God is present when there’s opposition. God and therefore we, have people who oppose us, what we stand for and who we believe in. Jezebel wanted Elijah out of there so she can pursue her cunning plan,…
Devotional 4 August 2019
‘Stand in the Presence of the Lord’ – 1 Kings 19 When Elijah reached his lowest point, God told him two things: 1. ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord’. (1 Kings 19:11) He helped Elijah to stop thinking about himself and his problems and start thinking about God….
Devotional 28 July 2019
GOD, above all gods When does faith become faith, in this day in which we live? When there’s less of me (wanting to control) and more of God (giving him control). And we know this in the way we pray, the way we relate to others, the way we behave, and the way we respond…