Category: Salvation

  • Someone to notice us

    Someone to notice us

    Do you sometimes feel invisible? Overlooked? That people just don’t notice you. A visiting preacher from Turkey once told us that Mission begins with Seeing. In chapter 2 of the story of Ruth we read in verse 5 – Boaz said “whose young woman is this?” Ruth who was a foreigner, a stranger, a refugee…

  • 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 -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…

  • Gates-The Fish Gate

    The Fish Gate is another gate which was rebuilt by Nehemiah. Fishes have been associated with Christianity for many years. The sign of the fish is still a symbol you see denoting Christian faith. As followers of Jesus Christ we are called to be “fishers of men”. The body of Christ has been given the…

  • Gates-The Sheep Gate

    Gates-The Sheep Gate

    I did a series of posts a couple of years ago on Gates and I am re-posting them with a couple of tweaks over the course of this week. The posts were inspired by a teaching I heard a Pastor give many years ago at church from the story of Nehemiah. I have also over…

  • Joseph Hero of the Faith (8)

    Today’s post is no. 8 in my series on Joseph. We have already considered Joseph’s character and what was different about Joseph from his 11 brothers. Today is considering why Joseph’s brothers behaved as they did. If it is helpful here is the link to my earlier post on those behaviours Joseph Hero of the…

  • Joseph Hero of the Faith (7)

    We’ve been looking at Joseph’s character over the last series of posts, which had so much to encourage and teach us about Godly character as disciples of Jesus, but today’s question is Why Egypt? Why was it necessary for the action to take place in Egypt. Jacobs’ family lived in Canaan. They were shepherds with…