Rodney Shottter Jun 8 Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4 What a roller-coaster of emotions the disciples had experienced over the the days before and after the Crucifixion. They had undergone all the emotions of bereavement, interwoven with fear, and then Jesus appeared among them in the upper room – suddenly they are filled with hope! But […]
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Digging For Victory
from Bill Sayer Have you ever prayed, and not seen the results of your prayers? Perhaps even the opposite has occurred: a loved one dies; a job vacancy is given to someone else; family problems leading to divorce…….. What should we do in such situations? Paul says, Let us not become weary in doing good, for […]
Living Water
(Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:5-42) from Guest Blogger Rodney Shotter Have you ever been thirsty – I mean really thirsty! I was once on a project in Africa where I was losing over 4 litres a day in fluid. I ran out of water and we still had a couple of hours to go through the […]
God in the Storm
from Ian Toone Psalm 57:1 – “In the shadow of Your wings I will find refuge until the raging storms pass by.” James 4:8 – “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Imagine a house full of Christians, divided up in three different rooms. Outside rages a powerful storm which rattles […]
Elijah Wants to Quit
from Ian Toone In 1 Kings 18, we read about a powerful prayer that Elijah prayed, calling down fire from heaven – and God was pleased to answer that prayer. However, soon after that, Elijah prayed another prayer which God chose not to answer – or, rather, the answer was a firm ‘No’. The request […]
What is God like?
What is your image of God? What do you think He is like? Is He far above sitting on a cloud, judging everything we do and say? Is He disappointed in us? Psalm 145:8 gives us an idea of His nature. “The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing […]
Have Yourself a Mary Christmas
by Rodney Shotter LUKE 1:26-38 There are three 3 lessons we can learn from the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, which are found in Luke 1:26-38. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, THE LORD CAN USE YOU. (v. 26-27)Do you remember the last time you filled out a job application?You have to give […]
The Lord Who Restores
from the pen of Linda Briggs To restore ~ to bring back or restore to its original position. In the Scriptures the Lord Who Restores always increases, multiplies or improves better than before! “I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten” etc (Joel 2v21~26) God restored to Job twice as much as […]
The God Who Remembers
from the pen of Linda Briggs I have been looking at the different names and character of God. One of the names that impacted me this week is The God Who Remembers! I felt I would share this because I believe that there are those of us who have been praying and believing God for […]
Trusting God (Psalm 91)
Sometimes I write verses from the Bible in my own words. It can be a helpful way of digesting them. Here’s how I paraphrased Psalm 91:9-13. “If you trust in the almighty God to protect you, and dwell with Him in close communion, nothing evil will get through to you, no trouble will be able […]