The story of the Nativity - the miracle and mystery of Jesus’ birth - has many layers. In this year’s Christmas service, we focussed on the theme of ‘He Came Before Me’.…
In 2 Peter 1 we are shown how receiving God's gift of His Holy Spirit should radically change your life because in Him, the Holy Spirit, we have been given everything we…
From the moment we commit our lives to God our heart’s desire is that He should be our everything: our single focus, our joy, our rest and our provision. God grieves whenever…
The Biblical expression “to walk with God” sounds simple and natural and really it is. But it is also total to consistently walk with God His way, at His pace and in…
God is always drawing us closer to Himself and doing everything He can to make that possible. Part of living in His Presence is living in “the truth, the whole truth and…
Jeremiah #5: God is Concerned With Your Inner-Life
Simon Kostas
Continuing in the book of Jeremiah we see again that God values relationship. In His love for us God always does all He can to enable us to live in love with…
As we look at the historical setting of Jeremiah's life we see how God invites us, His people, to be 'in the world but not of it' because we live in love…
Jeremiah #3: God’s Promises, Yours to Live in & Fulfil
Simon Kostas
God's call is followed by His equipping promises which He gives us to believe and live in. In the first chapter of Jeremiah we see God doing just that - telling Jeremiah…
The Biblical account of Jeremiah is a wonderful and challenging example of someone who was called by God and who, in and through his continual responses and obedience, fulfilled God’s purposes. His…
It is only because of the redeeming and sanctifying work of Jesus Christ that it is possible for any of us to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. But that in…
The six well-known and often quoted verses of Psalm 23 describe in beautiful simplicity how each of us is meant to live with God at the centre of our lives. His covenants…
Jesus commands us to “love one another as He has loved us” for it is in Godly Community - with the Trinity, our families, our local church community, the worldwide community of…
It is because Jesus Christ lived, died for our sins and was resurrected that each of us can have God as the focus and centre of our lives instead of our self.…
In this simple invitation, Jesus asks us to leave the known and familiar to follow Him as He keeps leading us towards God. When, like the Disciples, we obey Him we free…
When we step out of our comfort zones God is free to reveal aspects of ourselves which are not a reflection of Him. In this way, God revealed to me that human…