Encouragement for life's wilderness seasons – renewing hope, discovering purpose and drawing near to God
This post continues my reflections from ‘Called to Fish for People’, where I began exploring what it means to follow Jesus’s call to fish for people. If you haven’t read that post yet, you might like to start there before reading this one. As I continued to read Mark, I was struck by the exponential …
Continue reading Called to Fish for People: The Nets Begin to Break
Recently I attended an art community day at my church. I had really hustled to get there on time that morning, and as we listened to some worship music, I found myself letting go of the tension I was carrying. But what I wasn’t expecting was that I began to feel very emotional and tearful …
When things in your life don’t go to plan, and you hit a hard spot, what are you saying to God in that situation? Or perhaps a better question is: what do you feel that God wants to hear from you at that time? Do you think He only wants to hear praise and positivity, …
Continue reading From Fear to Faith: Bringing Your Whole Heart to God
Do you ever look back on your life with regret? Wishing you’d made different choices and wondering if you had, would you still be in the mess you currently find yourself in? It’s easy to be hard on ourselves, holding ourselves responsible for what’s happened in the past and for what’s going on currently. When …
This morning, as I was getting ready for an assessment with a clinic, my mind was full and busy... I was thinking about my health, the appointment ahead, all the practical things that needed to be considered, and more. My thoughts were centred on my own circumstances, trying to work everything out and carry it …
As I began reading Mark this week, which I’ve read many times before, this time it was as though the theme of evangelism was leaping out of the text at me. I wouldn’t call myself a very active evangelist, and it isn’t something that comes naturally to me. I like getting involved with my church’s …
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Most people reading this post will I imagine be familiar with the words "Give us today our daily bread", as it is a line from ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ (found in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4), arguably one of the most well known passages in the bible. Recently I have taken to praying the Lord's prayer …
Sleep is a time of rest when our bodies shut down, our senses tune out and we disconnect from the world until we wake again. In reality, when we are asleep we are actually quite vulnerable as we are no longer aware of what is going on around us. Nevertheless, sleep was created by God …
At the beginning of this year, I was reading one of my favourite accounts in the bible - where Jesus heals the woman with the issue of blood in Luke 8. However, as I read it on this occasion, one word in verse 40 really stood out to me. I could feel the Holy Spirit …
