16 Oct 2023
What you’re after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new true life. Psalm 51:6 TM The Methodist Church has placed great emphasis on John Wesley’s teaching on holiness. As I grew up the life style of the members in the Methodist Church in the...
10 Oct 2023
‘Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God’. Exodus 3:6. We get goose bumps when we are confronted with something that strikes fear in us, or in complete contrast, when we see, or hear something that touches our heart filling us with emotional,...
2 Oct 2023
‘So let us keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us’ Phil.3:15 TM. During a recent pastoral visit our minister, Ross, mentioned a book which had been recommended to him bearing the title “Stolen Focus”. Written by a journalist...
26 Sep 2023
‘When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them’ Mt.9:36 CEB, (TM says ‘his heart broke’, GN says ‘his heart was filled with pity’) The image of Jesus as the Compassionate One is scorched on the pages of the Four Gospels; when looking on the crowd, or Jerusalem,...
18 Sep 2023
‘He is before all things, and in him all things hold together’ Col.1:1 One of the hardest lessons anyone can face is to be told they are dispensable, “We are sorry, but we don’t require your services anymore”. You become redundant, retrenched, and find yourself in the...
12 Sep 2023
‘Bring the best robe and put it on him’ Luke 15:22 Parents are filled with pride and joy when they are invited to a robing ceremony marking the graduation of their son or daughter. It is a moment of recognition and reward for an achievement and a very proud moment for...
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