Category: Encouragement

  • Arise & Shine

    Thank you Lord for another day. Another opportunity to shine for you. May I shine for you where you put me today. Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1

  • A New Mind-set

    God has been impressing upon me that you cannot put new ideas into old mind-sets.   We cannot get new results with old behaviours.    New wine needs new wineskins. If we are stuck in old patterns of behaviours and have become rigid in our thinking, then I sense that we are going to miss what God…

  • Expectation – What is my expectation

    I have been thinking about this today and it is a challenge.   What am I hoping/expecting to receive from God when I pray to Him or seek Him for direction in my life? Do I have a confident expectation in the goodness of God? I sense God is saying– What is your expectation of me?  …

  • Gideon’s army

    This was a word which I had in 2018 when praying but I feel led to share it again in this season:  I sensed the Spirit was saying this to me: “In the beginning was The Word and the Word was God.   There is power in My Word.   Whatever, I declare from heaven concerning a…

  • “Stop That’s enough – No further”

    My friend, Geoff, heard these words in the Spirit when he was praying recently.  He sensed God was saying “That’s enough – Stop – You have come far enough.  You are not coming any further”.   He recognised that the words were not being spoken to him directly but did not have a further sense of…

  • Beware of a false peace

    God reminded me today of this picture and word he gave me many months ago and so I am reposting it today. The current Covid 19 situation came to mind. Is this a warning from God not to think all is over or getting better but to remain vigilant and keep our eyes on Him.…

  • A Daniel Anointing

    In the book of Daniel we read about Daniel and 3 other young men, Hananiah, Mishael & Azariah – young Israelites who were taken from their homeland to a foreign land to be trained to serve before King Nebuchadnezzar.   These were hand picked young men who showed great promise but they were foreigners in an…