Devotional 21 October 2018
God’s Guidance When seeking to know what is God’s will we have some SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS in Scripture as to what God expects from us. These instructions or commands are clear and non-negotiable. When there are no specific instructions in Scripture as to what God wants us to do we need to use these GENERAL GUIDELINES…
Devotional 14 October 2018
Patience James 1:2-7 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom,…
Devotional 7 October 2018
Nehemiah 13 No Middle Ground Nehemiah, on his return trip to Jerusalem, came back to a city where the people were spiritually compromised and complacent. In Chapter 13 he addresses at least three areas of compromise: No Compromise in relationships Eliashib had given Tobiah, a non-Jew, an enemy of God, a sacred space, as his…
Devotional 23 September 2018
Nehemiah Chapter 12 Nehemiah 12 starts with another genealogy and then moves on to the narrative describing the dedication of the completed wall and gates to Jehovah their God. The Priests, Levites and all the people were also dedicated. The narrative then moves to a very well planned and orchestrated celebration by Nehemiah the Governor,…
Devotional 16 September 2018
“WE ALL BRING SOMETHING” When we read the first few verses of Nehemiah 11 we see “The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem…” The people blessed those who volunteered. The scripture goes on to list names of those who came into the city, including for many what their roles were, and those…
Devotional 9 September 2018
Nehemiah Chapter 10 In Chapter 10, Nehemiah and the people sealed a Covenant and entered into obligations before God which raise further questions about how then should we live: Should we enter into covenants with each other? Should we invoke blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience? To assist us to answer how then we…
Devotional 2 September 2018
Nehemiah 9 – Prayer of Confession Our guest speaker last Sunday was Mark Budenberg. He preached an excellent sermon on a difficult subject – Confession. He commenced with a story from the East Africa revival in 1953, where public confession of sins was recorded as the Holy Spirit moved among the villages. A fruit of…
Devotional 26 August 2018
Nehemiah 8 A 7-day worship service! The first 6 chapters of Nehemiah were about a physical rebuild of the wall (reconstruction), the second part of the book all about spiritual reformation, re-instruction in the word and re-establishing lost identity in who they were meant to be as a people of God. The people at this…
Devotional 19 August 2018
How many of you when you’ve finished watching a great movie, take any notice of the credits at the conclusion? The Producers, the Directors, the main actors of course, right through to who provided the lunch, made the coffee, did the haircuts and makeup and swept the floor? They’re called credits for a reason because…
Devotional 12 August 2018
DETERMINE TO KEEP GOD’S STANDARD God does not alter his requirements of us dependant on the circumstances we find ourselves in. God, who is Holy, desires we obey him, that we love him and love others at all times. Our faith in Christ is such that our circumstances don’t dictate our relationship with Christ, our faith…