When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. Jonah 2:7 Jonah was given an assignment from God, but instead of following God’s will, he tried to outrun it. The problem with Jonah running from God was that instead of bringing blessing to those… Continue reading Continual Salvation
Category: Purpose
A Good Seasoning
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:6 Sometimes we can look at a verse and think that it doesn’t really gel together, (or maybe that’s just me). I wondered how sprinkling my conversation with salt and grace would help… Continue reading A Good Seasoning
The Directive
Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. Psalm 25:12 God has given us clear instructions on how to live a life that pleases him, but he also instructs us on choosing the right individual path. Just as each person is unique, so is… Continue reading The Directive
Leave the Old Behind
Be renewed in the spirit of your minds. Ephesians 4:23 Leaving behind old ways of thinking and reacting takes conscious effort. According to a Social Psychology study, it can take between 18 and 25 days for a person to form a new habit, and an average of 66 days for a new behaviour to become automatic. Transformation… Continue reading Leave the Old Behind
The Virtuous Daughter of God (1of3)
The chayil woman is creative, imaginative and industrious. She doesn’t shy away from hard work and she commits herself to every task.
Active Faith
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 The apostle Paul uses the term ‘walk’ quite a lot in his writing; walk in faith, walk in the Spirit, walk in love, walk as children of light, walk in newness of life.… Continue reading Active Faith
Beautiful Fragrance
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 2 Corinthians 2:14 The sweet smell of incense on the altar was commanded by God. Over and over, we read in Exodus of the spices for the anointing oil… Continue reading Beautiful Fragrance
Generosity – A Pleasing Habit
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. Proverbs 19:17 Living generously is about far more than money; it’s about being generous with whatever the Lord has blessed you with; it’s about being generous of spirit. Don’t hide your talents where no-one can see them,… Continue reading Generosity – A Pleasing Habit
The Great Commission
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19,20 The Great Commission certainly lives… Continue reading The Great Commission
“Follow Me”
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus Loved following them [and] he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” John 21:20 During the forty days following the resurrection, Jesus appeared to the disciples on a few different occasions - to Mary on that first morning, with the two going to Emmaus, twice in… Continue reading “Follow Me”
