Category: Encouragement

  • Stumbling blocks..

    Stumbling blocks..

    This week the Lord has been speaking to me about stumbling blocks. The Lord reminded me of a time when He revealed a stumbling block. It was during a season when the Lord had clearly spoken to me about His plans for growth and expansion but had also revealed that there was a stumbling block…

  • The 9th Hour Experience..

    The 9th Hour Experience..

    In our lives most, if not all of us, have had or will have a painful experience. Jesus himself had such an experience: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Matthew 27.46 NKJV “why God?”…

  • Bearing the maker’s mark..

    Bearing the maker’s mark..

    Last week the Lord impressed these words to me, that we “Bear the Maker’s Mark”. The Lord showed me a picture of an incredibly old vase that was being taken to an antique dealer to be valued. The first thing that the dealer did was to turn the vase upside down and check it’s maker’s…

  • Serving Others..

    Serving Others..

    I was reminded today of a word which was shared by a dear brother in Christ many years ago. In his vision he saw a long banqueting table. On the table were bowls of soup ready to eat. The guests at the banquet (members of the church) took their seats facing each other ready to…

  • Replenish…

    Replenish…

    I have been re-blogging this week on the theme of Fresh Bread. Today’s word “Replenish” is an encouragement about something that we all need a bit of …replenishing. Replenish…what a satisfying word just in itself. When I say the word “Replenish” it has a positive influence on me. Try it for yourself…It’s a good word.…

  • Fresh Bread (5) – appetite

    Fresh Bread (5) – appetite

    It’s Day 5 on the theme of Fresh Bread and I am reminded of these verses from Isaiah 55: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what…

  • Fresh Bread (3) Feeding others..

    Fresh Bread (3) Feeding others..

    Today, we are following on from yesterday’s theme of sharing our bread with others. The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand by Jesus has much to teach us today and is told in all four gospels. It’s such a well known miracle that sometimes we read it but miss key points. This verse…