Everything was filled with His presence and everything that wasn’t Godly just vanished away. His love filled the room. I mean His love! His indescribable love! It was love like we have not and cannot know or fully understand. It was total, powerful, inconceivable and indescribable in human terms. Read more...
When things are going well, how do we see God? When things are not going well, how do we see God? Because our perspective of God matters a great deal. How do you and I see God? What is He like in our view? These are massive questions. Read more...
We’re considering the thought that the I am of God comes before the I will. God is who He is, that’s is His Identity. After that, we have the things God does, that’s His activity. Read more...
God through the prophet Isaiah says to us to fear not, and be not dismayed. Fear has the capacity to grip us. It is real but it is powerless when God is in the picture. Fear also blinds us to seeing things we should see that are there, and causes us to see things we shouldn’t see that are not there. Read more...
In just a little while here in New Zealand it will be Easter. It’s the time when we remember why Jesus came to the earth the first time; for redemption. It’s a wonderful time of year and great opportunities abound to tell others of the reason for the season. Read more...
God’s grace is His ability to do for us what we could not do, and to make us what we could not become. Our salvation, and our position before God is all a work of grace. There’s nothing we can do to earn or deserve it. Read more...
When we understand who God is, His identity, we understand what He does, His activity. A false understanding of God, results in a false interpretation of His actions. We may think God is mean, or has favourites, or punishes us for wrongdoing. But that’s not what God is like....
It is God who makes a way. It is the Lord who makes it clear, who guides, who leads. It is the Lord, not a good idea, not a fad, not a dream, not even a vision. But it is God. He makes a way, a path...
The Christian life is about remembering. Bringing back to mind the things God has said and done. Remembering is a big part of who we are. We remember, and recall, we refresh our mind in the things of God...
When we try to live in the way we know we should, without the power of grace, we are running on empty. There is no power, there is no energy, there is no ability to do that. But when we focus on grace...
