Posted on December 3, 2022 by williamrporter I was journalling in the house of prayer on Friday. I had just been reading a prayer pamphlet for the day. They mention that this is the time when Christians looking forward to the great hope of the second coming of Jesus – the Parousia. Yet their subsequent prayer points had […]
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 […]
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 […]
by rodneyshottter John 14:1-14 Have you ever been lost? Before the days of satnav I used to get lost frequently, especially if there was a diversion in a strange town. I often went round in circles trying to find my own way back onto the correct route. Other times I would ask and get incorrect instructions. […]
by rodneyshottter John 12:1-8 Many years ago when I was a college student I bought an expensive brooch for a girlfriend who at the time I regarded as my sweetheart. It cost two weeks income from the part-time job I was pursuing at the time to support my studies. My mother said it was extravagant! Have […]
God Calls You By Name by rodneyshottter At Christmas we celebrated Jesus coming among us as the light of the world. Jesus calls us to reflect that light to shine in the darkness around us. We may not appreciate that we are to be salt and light to those around us, for although Christ is in us […]
by rodneyshotter This is Christmas week and we come to meditate on the arrival of Jesus and what it means for the world. T – Transformation. With the arrival of Jesus on earth the whole of history and the state of man was transformed. He came to set us and the whole of creation freefrom corruption. He […]
by rodneyshotter Fourth Sunday in Advent N – Nature. We have a dual nature; a Godly nature and a human one. In Jesus these were perfectly blended, but in ourselves the human nature is corrupted. If we do not recognize and nurture the image of God within us – if we allow our Godly nature to fall […]
by rodneyshottterV – Victorious. Rather than feeling a failure, as we look upon the our Saviour and accept his saving grace we know that however much we fail him and feel unworthy, we are victorious because he has won the Victory over Satan and evil. And so we too share in that victory, and will be with […]
by rodneyshottter Short Acrostic Reflections for Advent Second Sunday in Advent.D – Deliverance. The coming of Jesus brought freedom from the shackles that bind us and prevent us from living a whole and full life. Such chains could be money, drugs, greed, sex and the inability to love and accept love. [Romans 13: 8-10]. Indeed, we […]
