“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 (NIV) What does it mean to be adopted as sons and daughters by the living God? I don’t know about you but there are moments of pure and profound joy … More A Beloved Child in God’s Eyes
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house and will water the valley of acacias.” Joel 3:18 (NIV) Presence In The Valley The psalmist King of Israel David expresses tender and intimate revelation of God’s character in seeing and describing God as a shepherd in his most famous Psalm, Psalm 23. As the psalm unfolds, David … More The Flooded Valley
“He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19 (ESV) The other day I was spending time with God sharing what was laying heavy on my heart. It was a Sunday morning after an online church service had finished and I was troubled. It was not … More The Joy of God’s Delight
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,” Ephesians 3:17-18 (NIVUK) What is it to experience the flood? It is not the biblical flood of Noah’s day … More The Flood
When the grey waters of endless seas become my prevailing view And high waves toss my focus away from you When my heart seems as a stranded ship and doubt seems imminently due There your love will find me faithful Father, your hands will hold me true Where a parched wasteland of desert sand feels … More Not Lost to You (Poem)
“But he [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness”” 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) Jesus: Our Inescapable Need Let’s face it finding yourself in a place of a behaviour, emotion, thought or physical characteristic that you or those around you consider weak, it is not … More Encountering The Power of God’s Love in Weakness
Abba's Dearly Beloved 