Devotional 31st March
A lovely Christian lady I know told of how she was being operated on in Tauranga hospital and her heart stopped beating. She felt herself leave her body and looked down upon what was happening in the room. She saw the surgeons and the emergency staff coming into the room with extra equipment and when…
Devotional 24th March
Remember the narrative (2 Kings Chapter 5), and the commander of the Syrian Armies who had leprosy and was cured when he washed 7 times in the river Jordan on Elisha’s instructions. Initially Naaman was angry that Elisha didn’t personally see him and tell him to dip in the river Jordan 7 times rather than other…
Devotional 17th March
Geoff’s musings Lately I have been thinking about the increase in weather patterns. Scientific records show that seismic activity such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis’ has been noticeably increasing both in frequency and in strength. We are also experiencing record breaking extreme weather conditions at both ends of the scale. Jesus spoke about wide…
Devotional 10th March
The Body of Christ Our human bodies are wonderful creations. Psalm 139: 13-16 (NLT) says:“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvellous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being…
Devotional 3rd March
Unrealistic expectations Unrealistic expectations affect us in different areas. First, we have unrealistic expectations of ourselves, family, friends and children. When we do things poorly we feel bad. That sets in motion a never-ending cycle of reaching for things that are out of our reach, hoping to prove something we don’t have to prove in…
Devotional 24th February
DEDICATION The top athletes in the sporting world devote their time, energy even their lifestyle, to achieving their goals. They make this their priority, and nothing else matters. That level of commitment would faze many of us. Yet Jesus teaches us that we are to “Follow Him in a life of dedication, devotion and service.”…
Devotional 10th February
Running a Marathon Thank goodness we are not judged in life on how, or even if ,we run a marathon race. But we as Christians are all in a life’s marathon. It takes endurance and persistence to run and finish the race of life. When Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians, he spoke…
Devotional 3rd February 2013
A CEO was interviewing a young man for job and he asked the applicant, “What is your goal in life, Bob?” Without blinking an eye, Bob answered, “To go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can.’ The CEO said, “For the first time in my career I was speechless.”…
Devotional 9th December
A History of the Christmas Carol A Christmas carol is a carol whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, and which are traditionally sung In the period before Christmas. The first specifically Christmas hymns for Christiansthat we know of appear in fourth century Rome. In theninth and tenth centuries, the Christmas “Sequence” or “Prose”…
Devotional 2nd December
A Christmas Reflection If we were to eavesdrop on a group of children or teenagers talking about Christmas, what would we hear? Very likely, it would be about the latest, biggest or what they perceive to be the best toy or item they feel they should have. With teenagers, it’s perhaps more likely to be…