The account of Jesus’ final visit to the house of Martha, Lazarus and Mary in John 12 points to the different responses we can give to Jesus and invites us to give…
Martha knew who Jesus was and believed in Him. She loved Jesus and He her. This was at least the third time Jesus had come to her house. But Martha’s response highlights…
Lazarus knew who Jesus was and loved Him. His life since being raised from the dead by Jesus was a living testimony of Jesus’ power and authority and who He was. Lazarus…
Mary’s response was not practical, financially prudent nor the social norm… but it was a genuine authentic expression of her love and value of Jesus and who He was to her. For…
Judas knew who Jesus was and loved Him, yet he didn’t just follow Jesus because of who He was, he used Jesus for his purposes. It is a stark warning that closeness…
Make sure Jesus is the actual focus of your life and seek Him who is ever present in your life. Choose to love Him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength…
God’s promise to His people is that He will always be with them, a truth you must embrace and live in. When you believe and seek God for Himself then you will…
God is always speaking, guiding and correcting but are you really listening, allowing His words to transform you from the inside? Are you fulfilling every word God has said to you? In…
It is vital that we are constantly talking and listening to God and living in His context, not just our own. The danger for us as believers is that we are committed…
When Jesus healed the paralysed man at the pool of Bethesda He resolved what the invalid believed was his biggest problem, his inability to walk. Later, when Jesus met him again in…
In chapters 22 -24 we again see how God is always seeking a personal love relationship with us. His love is unconditional, knowns no bounds, is constant and always makes a way…
When we live for God we will experience both external and internal opposition. Yet most of us do not expect it and try and avoid it. Here in chapter 20 Jeremiah shows…
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…
