• Hope..a re-post

    Hope..a re-post

    I realised that hope is not as easy to define as I once thought and can be easily misunderstood. My own hope in the past was not always properly formed and I think when I reflect back was either a false hope, misguided optimism or wishful thinking on my part. So when things did not…

  • Prayer for the week ahead..requirements

    Prayer for the week ahead..requirements

    “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” Micah 6.8 NIVUK Father God, may we be pleasing to you this week and work for justice, being people of mercy and obedient to your…

  • Then…

    Then…

    Morning friends, I don’t normally do a re-post at the weekend but this word “Then” keeps coming to mind. Then is such a little word but it is can be so powerful. It’s a word which speaks of change. There is a before and THEN something happens which changes the story. In Genesis, we read…

  • Look the Part…Play your Part

    Look the Part…Play your Part

    A #ThursdayThrowback post inspired by the Olympic Games. Look the Part…Play your part. These are the words that greeted me yesterday on a very large boxed package that arrived with my name on it. It was very exciting to receive such a large parcel through the post and then to unwrap it and read those…

  • Active doers..prayer for the week ahead 29/7

    Active doers..prayer for the week ahead 29/7

    “But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.”James 1.25 NASB “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me – put…

  • Being content..

    Being content..

    Dictionary definitions of Contentment: “happiness and satisfaction, often because you have everything you need” “feeling or showing satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation” “Contentment is a feeling of quiet happiness and satisfaction” The definition of true contentment in the Bible according to the Apostle Paul: “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to…

  • Not forgotten…

    Not forgotten…

    “I thank my God every time I remember you”. Philippians 1.3NIVUK Is there someone God is bringing to your remembrance today. They are in God’s thoughts and He wants them to be in ours and in our prayers. They are not forgotten. Perhaps such a reminder is an opportunity to thank God for them. To…