Devotional 21st August
It has been interesting watching the Presidential Election run-up in America. We have seen so much blustering, deceit and inconsistency that it’s hard to know what the candidates really stand for. But this is human nature. In John 2 we read that Jesus did not put his faith in human beings because He knew what […]
Hebrews 11:1-6, Geoff Follas
PP Sunday June 5
Devotional 10th April
Let go and let God!!! So many problems in relationships are caused by people who want to control. Some people believe that if they can control other people and their circumstances they will be happy. They are scared stiff of taking their hands off situations in case things get out of control….their control. It might […]
Devotional 31st January
THE INFLUENCE OF JESUS ON OUR CULTURE Why do so many people from Islamic countries try to get into the West? They are attracted by the freedom, equality, prosperity, culture, government and justice system. Attributes built upon Biblical values. Although the church, through many centuries, has been unfaithful to the Bible, exhibiting unbiblical qualities, those […]
Devotional 20th December
The coming of Jesus into our world was the greatest event ever to take place in human history. The influence of Jesus particularly on the Western culture is enormous. The values He taught and modelled are so deeply embedded in our culture and have affected the way we think and act far more than we […]
Devotional 1st November
Dr. Hans Selye researched and popularised a tiny membrane in the back of our head known as the RAS: Reticular Activating System. Your RAS has a primary function: it moves you in the direction of your dominant thought at that moment. We naturally act on what fills our minds. When we become preoccupied with a thought, eventually we want to act on […]
Devotional 27th September
Living with change Somebody said that the reason lightning never strikes twice in the same place is because the same place isn’t there the second time! Because we live in a constantly changing, stress-filled world, we need to learn to recognize: (1) When to ‘give up’. We’re surrounded by escape artists trying to avoid the […]
LIVING WITH GOD’S MORAL LAW – Romans 7:7-24
Romans 7:7-24 December 2009 LIVING WITH GOD’S MORAL LAW Remember last week we saw that in the eyes of God’s moral law we believers are dead, because Jesus served our death sentence and paid the penalty for us. We are free from the unrealistic demands and the condemnation of the law. Although the law is […]
LOVE IN RELATIONSHIPS – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 July 2009 LOVE IN RELATIONSHIPS Most people think of love in terms of a kindly, warm feeling I have towards someone else – friend, family, or lover. When we say, “I find it hard to love someone”, what we are usually saying is that I find it hard to feel anything warm […]
FORGIVENESS IN RELATIONSHIPS – Matthew 18:21-35
Matthew 18:21-35 July 2009 FORGIVENESS IN RELATIONSHIPS One of the reasons so many of us have difficulty in relating to people in the present is because the pain and disappointment from the past continues to affect us. When we are hurt, betrayed, abused, offended or disappointed by those close to us, we feel resentful and […]