Soon we were going to church all the time, telling everyone about it (especially me!) It seemed the most natural thing in the world to tell everyone, but some of them thought we were crazy. To me, if God said something in the Bible, He was big enough to do it, because He is the … Read more
Titus 2.13, Romans 15.13, 1 Peter 1.3-5 Jesus Christ is our Living Hope, because we have the hope of eternal life in Him. Because of His resurrection from the dead, we have hope that we will also participate and share in eternal life with Him, through His blood. If Jesus had not risen from the … Read more
I have created this section to pass on the sermon notes of my Great Uncle Malcolm Rowland and will be sharing them from time to time, so that he might be remembered. When my Father passed away, as I was clearing out his office, I found a small, old notebook. It turned out to be … Read more
Isaiah 11.1, Acts 22.8, Matthew 2.23 Matthew 2.23 says that the Messiah will ‘be called a Nazarene.’ Jesus lived in Nazareth as a boy. On His family’s return from Egypt, so he was brought up there. The word Nazarene is translated as ‘holy’, indicating that the Lord would be holy. Nazareth also means ‘the flower … Read more
Psalm 130.4, Daniel 9.9 https://www.biblegateway.com/ https://www.theartofprayer.net/blogs/names-of-god/elohay-selichot I now encountered the God who is ready to forgive, so much so that He made provision for our forgiveness in Jesus, sending His own Son to die on the cross for us. He planned for it! ‘He was slain before the foundation of the world.’ From the beginning … Read more
Matthew 11.19, Luke 7.34 https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-friend-of-sinners.html It was at this time that I met Jesus, who relates to us as sinners without judgement of our character and circumstances even though He knows everything we have ever done, He accepts and saves all people, no matter what we have done, no one is too sinful or bad … Read more
Packed For Our Journey, Provided and Planned for by Our Heavenly Father God equips us to rescue others through prayer and with His spiritual gifts, given to us as we need them. We are equipped, we are planned for, provided for, anticipated. None of us are excluded from God’s plans, none of us are a … Read more
Hi folks, so we’re finally here, ready to start our adventure on this blog! Why are you writing a blog, you may ask? Our hope is to pass on to you some of the things about God which excite us and which we want to share with you. Our prayer is that you will be … Read more
I would like to take the opportunity today to honour some of the special people in my life, who have passed on, but influenced my life in great ways, by their example. My Dad, Glyn Haines, was a Christian all his life, being an example of righteous, selfless living to us, I believe that this … Read more
So, how did we become Christians? I had grown up in a Christian home, with my parents being Methodist, but I had never become a Christian, not really knowing whether God was real or not and, if He was, not knowing if He wanted anything to do with me. If He was real, I would … Read more