Genesis 1:26-29 (TLB)
26 Then God said, “Let us make a man—someone like ourselves, to be the master of all life upon the earth and in the skies and in the seas.” ………………………
Read MoreGenesis 1:26-29 (TLB)
26 Then God said, “Let us make a man—someone like ourselves, to be the master of all life upon the earth and in the skies and in the seas.” ………………………
Read MoreEphesians 2:3 (AMP)
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behaviour governed by the sinful self, indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
Read MoreWe do not have to be Christians long before we start to wonder what the ultimate goal is as a Christian. We become believers, we serve the Lord here on Earth and then go to Heaven.
Read MoreWhen we first become Christians, our prayer times can be really hard. We commit our time to the Lord and then read a section of the Bible. We may have a commentary that helps us understand what we have been reading, and sometimes we may have a daily devotion that we also read
Read MoreWe do not have to look far into nature to see the beauty that God has created. We see it in the bird life around us. Like the colours of the kingfisher, or the ducks. Or it could be the dawn chorus as the birds get ready for the new day.
Read MoreIn the European culture it appears as though the church has been more of a container than a conduit. People go to church to be blessed, but ………….
Read More“Many people want God to call them to a big assignment. However, they try to bypass the love relationship...the love relationship is why God created you.
Read MoreBut what is joy? Here is one definition - Joy is a deep sense of peace and confidence in the Lord, where we trust in Him no matter what our circumstances and He produces a settled contentment in our hearts that rests in His sovereignty and love.
Read More“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!” Knowing the Lord is always in control of our circumstances gives us a reason to celebrate.
Read MoreTo survive in our jobs and in other areas of our lives like sport, we find that we need to be assertive to be successful.
Read MoreCorinthians 1:3-4 states that our Heavenly Father – ‘the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.’ (NIV).
Read MoreIn 2 Corinthians 12:7 we read the account of Paul explaining that God gave him a 'thorn in the flesh' because of the incredible revelations that he received, and also to stop him from becoming proud.
Read MoreHe could trust in the Lord’s faithfulness. “God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it” (1 Cor. 10:13). Paul had learned to depend on the Lord to carry him through any trial.
Read Moret’s important to see everything as coming from God. One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that God’s ways are not our ways. Suffering is often the stimulus to greater closeness with God. We draw near to Him for relief from pain and suffering and, in the process, discover more about how He works.
Read MoreIt’s important to see everything as coming from God. One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that He uses everything, even the wrongs of others, for His purposes in my life.
Read MoreLast time we started to look at what Charles Stanley has to say about the benefits of adversity based on what we see about Paul throughout the New Testament. Through tribulation and difficulty, Paul learned:……….
Read More12 LESSONS FROM ADVERSITY - Growing Closer to God Through Trials and Troubles
Read MoreLast time we started to look at what Charles Stanley has to say about the benefits of adversity based on what we see about Paul throughout the New Testament.
Read MoreAs any of us who have been Christians for a while know, when we go through hard times the Lord is with us in interesting ways.
Read More1Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him,
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