Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. (1 John 4:18 ERV) Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. (Proverbs 3:4 NIV) Fear is a strange thing. Like the air we breathe, we may not notice it. Or it may smother us.Continue Reading
(We have been working our way through the Christmas Story in Luke 1-2 and Matthew 1. Mary and Joseph have been visited by angels, endured very challenging circumstances, and finally watched the birth of the God of the Universe in a shelter for animals, before being visited by local shepherds whoContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year.] “And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.” – God (Jeremiah 3:15 ESV) “When the churches cease to pray for ministers, ministers will no longer be a blessingContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for Jesus’s Church on Sundays.] “I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.He freed me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4 NLT) In the winter/spring of 2020 our world was turned upside down by the COVID-19 virus. Leaving the politics of this asideContinue Reading
“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.He freed me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4 NLT) In the winter/spring of 2020 our world was turned upside down by the COVID-19 virus. Leaving the politics of this aside – and there are many angles ofContinue Reading
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7 NIV) Let’s look again at the people in our Christmas story. Zechariah and Mary and Joseph – and later the Magi – each received messages from Gabriel, some inContinue Reading