Archive for the ‘bible’ Category

If you are a Christian, I’d ask you today to look back at your life before the time you asked God into your heart…now look at your life now, has the way you lived your life changed? If your life hasn’t changed, it would suggest that you haven’t given the whole of your life to God. When [...]

If God was small enough for you to completely understand him, he wouldn’t be big enough for you to completely trust him. ~ Rick Warren Do you ever think you will never truly understand God? Do you ever wonder why God seems to let bad things happen to good people? If you answered “Yes” to [...]

We talk of the second coming; but half the world has never heard of the first by Oswald J. Smith Does the above statement concern you? It certainly concerns me! There are so many people out there in this world who have never heard of Jesus…but we can change, we can spread God‘s message of [...]

Mark 16:5-7 (NIV) As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid [...]

Today is Palm Sunday, but do you know and understand why Christians celebrate Palm Sunday? Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. The gospels record the arrival of Jesus riding into the city on a donkey, while the crowds spread their cloaks and palm branches on the street [...]

At the start of this year, I shared with you my aims for this year (Welcome to 2012) – not my new year resolutions, but what I aim to achieve this year. Then at the end of both January and February, I gave you a monthly update on how I was doing. So now it’s time [...]

The last few days I’ve been talking about friendship, and some of the qualities we find when we have Jesus as our friend. Having now considered what we get when we accept Jesus as our friend, would it surprise you if I say Jesus was my forever friend. Romans 5:11 (The Message) Now that we [...]

Why does life always have to be so complicated? You think everything is going along ok, maybe not perfectly, but your surviving and getting by, and then out the blue someone says or does something that knocks you for six. I had one of those days recently and I’m still full of emotion because of it. [...]

Philippians 3:13 (New Living Translation): I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past & looking forward to what lies ahead. I know the above verse from Philippians go against everything I said in Wednesday’s blog post in Looking Forward or Back? as I said: Looking forward isn’t just about the [...]

Just like a prisoner who is surrounded by four walls and no means of escape, life can sometimes make us feel boxed in and surrounded. But at least with life there is a way out of the “cell”, Christ! If we belive in Christ, we believe in God, and in doing so He will help [...]