In the last few days I’ve found myself wondering (again!), why I bother writing this blog. I know people read my blog and I have been told on a few occasions it has helped someone come closer to God. However there have been certain individuals who seem to feel it is their job to tell me what to do and what I shouldn’t [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Why Do I Bother?
Posted: September 30, 2010 in blogging, religionTags: bible, blog, Blog Catalog, BlogCatalog, blogger, Christianity, Existence of God, faith, God, Jeremy Camp, Religion and Spirituality, soul, website
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Courageous
Posted: September 29, 2010 in religionTags: belief, Christianity, courage, faith, God, Religion and Spirituality
Are you courageous in your faith? Whenever you’re presented with an opportunity to speak out about your beliefs and your faith, do you do so? Or, do you keep quiet but inside keep telling yourself you need to speak out? If I’m honest what I do will depend on the situation, those I’m with and the [...]
Forgetting Can Hurt
Posted: September 28, 2010 in birthday, familyTags: birthday, emotion, family, Fathers, Holidays, home, mother, parents, relative
Yesterday was my Mum’s birthday and it was one that was full of different emotions for both Mum and me. Firstly, I know Mum didn’t want her birthday as she has become more and more aware over the last while that both her and other members of our family are getting ever older, and with [...]
Saying Grace
Posted: September 27, 2010 in pray, religionTags: Christian, Christianity, family, food, God, grace, prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Salvation Army, Theology
Yesterday I asked if you knew what grace means and gave you some definitions of grace (Yesterday’s post was entitled Grace and you can read it using this link). In yesterday’s blog I talked about God’s grace (His promise to protect us), so today I’d like to look at grace in the form of a [...]
Grace
Posted: September 26, 2010 in religionTags: Christianity, Divine grace, God, grace, international staff songsters, iss, prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Salvation Army, Theology
For those of you who have attended church at some point, you will have no doubt have heard the word grace being used quite frequently, but do you know what grace is? Here’s the definition I found in the dictionary of the word grace: Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion. A [...]
To Buy or Not To Buy
Posted: September 25, 2010 in Edinburgh, ShoppingTags: Coffee, Edinburgh, glasgow, Princes Street, Scotland, shopping, train
Imagine yourself in the following situation… You’re in one of our biggest cities, you’re right in the city centre, in the middle of all the shops, and you have about 80 minutes before your need to catch your train home …what do you do? Do you… Go to the train station anyway, buy a paper [...]
Ask Him
Posted: September 24, 2010 in bible, religionTags: Christianity, God, international staff band, ISB, Matthew, New International Version, Religion and Spirituality, Salvation Army
Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV) Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Whatever we ask of God, He will deliver. That doesn’t mean [...]
7 Days
Posted: September 23, 2010 in religionTags: Christian, Christianity, Church (building), Corinthians, Denominations, faith, God, hillsong, Religion and Spirituality, worship
Some of us find God when we go to church on a Sunday, but what about the other six days of the week, do we find God during each of them also? When we are surrounded by other Christians, especially those whose faith and beliefs have led them to worship God at the same church [...]
What Faith Can Do
Posted: September 22, 2010 in religionTags: belief, Christianity, Evangelism, faith, God, Kutless, religion, Religion and Spirituality
Faith makes things possible, not easy – Author Unknown We hear the word faith used frequently by Christians, but do you actually know what faith means? Faith is: Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. Loyalty to [...]
God Will Answer
Posted: September 21, 2010 in life, religionTags: bible, Christianity, God, Hillsong United, Psalms, Religion and Spirituality, struggle, trust
Psalm 91:14-15 (New Living Translation) The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. No matter what troubles you face, God has promised that [...]
