People are so used to having accounts – we actually love accounts. I don’t know if this is because it makes us feel important to open our wallets and pick and choose which card to use. Visa card, Master card, Clicks card, Woollies card or Edgars card. Name it, we have it. And that’s why […]
Read more13Because we broke God’s laws, we owed a debt – a debt that listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us of that debt. He took it away and nailed it to the cross. I read this verse over and over again, because it has such good news for me. All […]
Read moreIn Colossians 2, Paul tells the people clearly and persistently about Jesus’ death on the cross and what it means for sin. We are going to look at this subject a few times. And it is good to do it, because it is impossible to fully understand this wonderful thing that Christ had done for […]
Read moreSometimes my wife gets quite upset when I forget to bring what she asked for from the shops. Many are the times I’ve been sent to get bread only to return with everything but bread. that makes her so mad. Put a knot in your tie (I never wear one!) or in your ear (not […]
Read moreLet’s look at our relationship with God again. We must be singled-minded in our pursuit of an intimate relationship with God. Only within such an intimate relationship with God where you and I can really grow, where we can learn and become more like Jesus. In an intimate relationship with God, 10You don’t need a […]
Read moreWe don’t have the skills to walk through life on our own. Just look at our track record, it doesn’t look good. See the myriad wrong choices we have made already; the many broken relationships left behind; the many bodies left for dead. We made most of these mistakes on our own. We thought we […]
Read moreEach of us has a personal responsibility to test whether the information we hear and see fits within God’s truth. So many people spread their own understanding of the Bible as the only correct way of understanding. What is the truth and who is missing the point? The driver at the garage where I have […]
Read moreWe’ve been living in this house for 10 years and we really like living here. The house has a flat roof with concealed guttering (the gutters are hidden behind the facia boards to make the house look prettier). But those concealed gutters is a nasty story. A friend of mine says the gutters are so […]
Read moreThis is your instruction: 6You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. We must stop living like children of God only now and then. We must start being serious about how God intends his children to live. We must intentionally break with the way the world lives. Yes, we really want to live the […]
Read morePeople don’t always realise that the way they act reflects what is going on inside their hearts. Your actions are linked directly to your heart. You act the way your heart tells you to. True, people often act in the right way because their head tells them it’s the right thing to do. But sometimes, […]
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