H2O – Streams of Living Water
Jesus made a very public invitation to "drink" from him, declaring that, "rivers of living water will flow from within" anyone who believes in him.
The Journey: Position yourself for more
It doesn't matter who we are, we are on a journey ... life is a journey. It's all about how we walk it out, what we learn along the way, and how we position ourselves for greater things. Just personally, I feel like I've talked about this a lot over…
From Exile to Promise (and everything in between)
The Lord recently reminded me of one of the promises that He gave us when we first moved up to Port Macquarie. It's in Jeremiah 29 4-7. But as I started to dig a bit deeper into this Scripture, He showed me more and I believe it's for us for…
The Presence of God Sets Us Apart
A couple of weeks ago, my husband was telling me that heard from others about a gathering of people that has emerged around the world, calling themselves the Sunday Assemblies. Basically, it's a church without God. Wow. It made me start to think about the difference God's presence makes. I believe God’s presence is visible, tangible, recognisable and powerful.
Who? What? Why? When? How?
Questions. We all have them. We all ask them. But do we take time to ask the right questions? Do we enter into conversation with Father, Son and Holy Spirit and ask them what they are doing - what do they want to reveal to us?
Listening and responding
Recently I have been thinking about the story in Acts 9:1-19.... Saul's experience on his trip to Damascus. Grab your Bible and have a read. Many of you know the story already but read it again..... Saul was a man who was out to get the Jesus-followers.... those ones…
Are we “on task” or “on purpose”?
A couple of years ago, Caroline and I were sitting in a Church Planting workshop learning about other people’s experiences in starting new churches. As I sat there God spoke 3 words to me about Port Macquarie – “Walk every street.” God interrupted me with a thought that was injected mid-stream in my mind, loud and clear. How great that God gave me a specific instruction of something I should do as part of planting a church! It was so clear that I didn’t feel any need to ask “why”. I just figured that if God said it then I’d just get on with it and see what He does as a result.
I Want Beautiful Feet
This week I was reminded again that generally, as humans, we don't know what we don't know. We all learn as we go on this journey of life. I had an experience this week that showed me that my way of doing things isn't always the best way and often we need someone to teach us or show us the way.
Follow the Way of Love
“Love looks like something.” Richie Seltzer (from Imagine Church, Calgary) said this at a conference I went to earlier this year, and last week it came back to me and was bouncing around in my head a bit. As I thought about it more this passage from 1 Corinthians came…
Cain and Abel – what was the difference?
Cain and Abel - perhaps the best-known brothers in history - both brought offerings to God. One was acceptable and the other not. What's that all about? I was challenged by a blog post a little while ago that began with the assertion that we often get God wrong, and…