Category: Developing Faith

  • Faith for the Race

    Some days are better than others aren’t they. We encounter set backs and discouragement sets in. We feel like not a lot has been achieved or we don’t see growth as fast as we want. It takes time though for green shoots and fruit to appear or re-appear especially in some seasons of our life.…

  • The Narrow Gate

    We are away in the Derbyshire Dales at the moment and the countryside is beautiful. We visited last year and I was inspired by their narrow gates to write this post. So, to get to the inspiration for this post..the narrow gate. On our first evening here, we ventured for a walk and discovered the…

  • Gates-inspirations from Nehemiah

    All my recent posts on gates can be found here: Gates-The Sheep Gate, Gates-The Fish Gate, The Rubbish Gate, The Valley Gate, The Fountain and Water Gates, The Horse Gate Gates – The Inspection Gate

  • The trap of deceit

    I was inspired to repost this today when I read this post from Alan Kearns of Devotional Treasure yesterday which you can read here https://devotionaltreasure.wordpress.com/2022/06/08/traps-on-your-wayside/ “Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people. Like cages full of birds, their…

  • Gates- The Horse Gate

    The next gate in this series of posts about the gates which Nehemiah rebuilt is the Horse Gate. This gate speaks of battles and as Christians we must not forget that we are in a spiritual battle.  There will be battles. We have an enemy, Satan, who doesn’t want us to follow Christ or mature spiritually and…

  • Gates-The Fountain and Water Gates

    Gates-The Fountain and Water Gates

    Two gates today which I have mentioned together as they are both water related. The Fountain Gate and the Water Gate. These gates have been very much in my thoughts and prayers the last week or so. At church we have been considering wells. We are all wells for Jesus. Sometimes our wells can become…

  • Gates -The Rubbish Gate

    Just as the name suggests this gate which Nehemiah rebuilt was the one used to get rid of the rubbish and waste from the city. The rubbish has to go somewhere. I don’t know about you but even after being a Christian for over 40 years, I am still a work in progress. Working out…