Category: Jesus

  • Abdicating Responsibility

    Abdicating Responsibility – Is there an area of my life or your life in which we have abdicated responsibility? Stepped aside from our God given responsibilities. As followers of Jesus we are called to live our lives surrendered to Him. There are behaviours and characters that we are called to model as we live out…

  • It’s a Wonderful Name

    Choosing a name….. I asked my Mum the other day why she had decided to call me Nicola. I knew why she had called my brother, Ian. She wanted a really short name that couldn’t be turned into a nickname. Ian would always be Ian. It so didn’t work because my family all called him…

  • The heavenly awakening

    This is my other previous post on being awoken by the alarm which I posted in October 2020 which I am sharing again today. Are we sleeping and the Lord is stirring our hearts today? These are not the days for slumber but for the body of Christ to rise up in faith and declare…

  • Awake Awake

    My dear friends, I was awoken in the early hours by the sound of a loud alarm clock. It was only one long note before the sound stopped but it was loud enough to waken me. I looked at my clock and it wasn’t my alarm clock that had sounded but the sound was so…

  • Each of us an “Emmanuel” too!

    Each of us an “Emmanuel” too! Each of us an “Emmanuel” too! — Read on lordmychef.com/2021/12/17/each-of-us-an-emmanuel-too/ This is a beautiful post by our dear brother in Christ which I was blessed to read today. I hope you find it a blessing too in thinking about Joseph’s character and behaviour from Jesus’ story as an example…

  • The Awe and Wonder of Christmas

    The Awe and Wonder of Christmas

    This Sunday, my talk at church was about “Christmas Means”. I had chosen as my theme: “Emmanuel which means God with us.” “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”Matthew 1:23 “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a…

  • True Joy

    I am reminded today of this post about experiencing true joy in the really difficult times of life that we go through. If you are going through such a time then please read this post Joy in the hard times and I pray it will encourage and bring fresh hope to you today.