Current affairs How do we pray for people in Ukraine? It’s the weapon with greater range and penetration than any military power, the spiritual force that can overcome the confusion of a deluded, paranoid dictator
Current affairs Featured Believers in Ukraine exercise hope and faith Christian believers in Ukraine are summoning up all their hope in God — and we are standing with them and agreeing with their prayers, which are having remarkable results.
Exercising Finding harmony by following the composer’s score God's visible creation can be seen growing in the countryside all around but His less visible work, the body of Christ, is also designed to flourish and grow if it sticks to the Creator's intentions
Exploring 1. Changing Our Identity There are times in life when we are given a new identity. And coming to know and trust God through Jesus involves an important new spiritual identity.
Engaging 2. The Bible Message of Freedom Continuation from 1. Changing Our Identity In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. Ephesians 1:7 NIV “In Him we have redemption“ is a powerful phrase which needs a bit of unpacking. Those two little
Exercising 3. Renewed Minds See the Freedom Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by His blood — the total cancellation of our sins — all because of the cascading riches of His grace. Ephesians 1:7 TPT This rendering also makes it clear that this is an act of God
Spiritual prompting guides us in life (1) What is 'spiritual'? Many of us cruise through life without thinking very much about whether we are spiritual or not. It's become more of a topic recently. A generation ago there was a fashion for following the 'hippy trail' to the Indian subcontinent to
Spiritual prompting guides us in life (2) Awakening the spiritual part of us We may go through life without much awareness of the spiritual dimension. And then we feel a kind of nudge to do something differently, or talk to someone, and coincidences happen. We are all created by God, who is Spirit, to be spiritual as
Spiritual prompting guides us in life (3) Ash tree changing colourOur choice to receive and to give away We come to know God by a spiritual transformation of the heart, or human spirit in which our acceptance of Jesus as the Saviour is crucial. He has experienced death so that we can have His life — a spiritual
Exploring Let's agree, God is good (1) Sunlight brings out autumn colours on Creden Hill, Herefordshire, UKThe world-changing power of praising God for who He is It’s easy to find fault, harder to find something to praise. And we are deluded into thinking that if we find fault with something, and get others to agree, we’
Engaging Let's agree, God is good (2) Disappointment argues against. But faith gives praise and thanksgiving for who God is Creden Hill colours in late autumn sunshineDo we live life expressing our disappointment that God has let us down by allowing the difficulties we face? Or do we approach Him in faith, confident in His goodness and
Exercising Let's agree, God is good (3) Our call as believers of the royal priesthood is to overcome darkness and deceit with our constant praise Creden Hill, HerefordshireWe have been thinking about opportunities to give thanks and to praise God for His goodness and past deeds — and the temptation we all get to criticise, to see the
Engaging Doing good or trusting — which comes first? In trying to live strong and live well, most of us would agree that the main thing is... doing good. And doing good to others. A life that is passive, perhaps believing in God's providence, but not doing very much in response to it, seems inadequate. And so
Engaging What is the Lord saying to do? The Lord gives us 'standing orders' to refer to and live by, but 'orders of the day' mare less prescriptive
Exploring We can all see that God exists (1) Near the summit of the Sugar Loaf Mountain, Abergavenny, Mon, South Wales• What we can see offers clues to what remains hidden Army padres say that there are no atheists when you are under fire. Similarly a climb up Snowdon in N Wales, or nearer where I live, Pen y
Engaging We can all see that God exists (2) Looking up at the summit of the Sugar Loaf Mountain, S. WalesDistinguishing between heavenly God and earthly church • Let’s go deeper. We’re thinking about how we know God in His hidden qualities, by the visible majesty of His creation which is all around us — signposts to what is
Exercising We can all see that God exists (3) The Sugar Loaf Mountain — summit in sightBroad brush leads to fine detail • We’re talking about how God has made Himself known. His hand in creation can be seen all around, but that is a starting point. How else is God revealing Himself? > For since the creation of the
Engaging Everything comes with a condition — except this Here's a promise about unfailing love — but do we qualify, and if so, what is the catch?
Engaging God doesn’t break His promises God promises rest, or security, to those who are His. But there's a choice to be made: holding on to our way, or letting go to allow God to show His way and His rest.
Exercising God is good and wants the best for us The pandemic which looks like a disaster could turn out for good in God's order — but first He is calling us to prayer
Engaging Can we take this historic promise for ourselves? Can an Old Testament promise of health apply to us today? Those ancient blessings for God's people still find their way to us through a new and better covenant, when we turn to Jesus.
Engaging Where do I find joy in a time like this? We're in a grim time of chilling statistics and lockdown — a glass of wine helps, but joy comes from the emotional buoyancy of a heavenly perspective.
Exercising What difference can I make? God is loving, powerful ‚ and gracious. But there's a part that only we can do
Exercising Where is God in our time of need? God knows the end from the beginning, and He has a plan. But He is waiting for us to turn to Him and ask Him what it is.
