I have been thinking about words. The first discription of Jesus in the gospel of John was that he was the Word (John 1:1). To God words are not empty, thoughtless or slight - they capture the very essence of a persons heart and soul. They are the way of sharing who and what a person is, […]

It important that we guard what goes into our ears. They are either side of our brain and what we let into our head comes at our thoughts from both sides. It is not true that we have no control over what we listen to - we must take control of what we allow in […]

Ephesians 1:23
the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
God by his very nature fills everything. His desire is not that you walk around feeling empty, loney, powerless or flat. It is not God who is not filling - he will fill everything whenever he gets the chance. If he is waiting to fill […]

When I read the stories of Jesus I see an abundant fullness in everything he does. When the fishemen had been fishing all night and Jesus says cast the nets on the other side the fishermans net was full to bursting (John 21:8). When there was no wine left at the wedding Jesus filled the stone jars […]

At the end of Romans 5 and the beginning of Romans 6 Paul is talking to the church about becoming mature through understanding the things of God. Without knowledge and understanding we stay immature and weak, just like a child can not grow up inwardly without going to school and gaining understanding of the world […]

 Proverbs 15:14
A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash.
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Knowledge and understanding will help you live life to the full. If we find out who we are in God we will live confidently and powerfully. If we find out what God has done for us we will live totally free and forgiven […]

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Philippians 4:8 (New International Version)
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
I was listening on the radio yesterday and they were playing a game called the good thing is and the bad thing is. The listeners […]

I thought you’d like to see this video I found about what matters to this American Student. It is a fascinating video - pity the sound is not better quality. Take a look and see what you think.

1 Timothy 4:14-16 (New Living Translation)
14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you. 15 Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch […]

Colossians 3:9-11 (New Living Translation)
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in […]

Psalm 131:1
 Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp.

 In order to understand what is important to Christ we need to get rid of all those other thoughts that may confuse our brains. Sometimes our heads are full […]

John 6:38 (New Living Translation)
For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.
We asked the question what mattered to Jesus - what was it that made Jesus tick? Well, he tells us here that the whole reason he gave up his glory and came […]

Philippians 2:21 (New Living Translation)
All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.
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Paul is looking around at his world and seeing things that perhaps we would see too. People caring only for themselves. I know that there are plenty of your friends that are kind and generous, but the heart […]

Philippians 1:10 (New Living Translation)
For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
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It is important we do not stay the same but grow in understanding as long as we are alive. Paul prays for the church in Philippi that they will […]

MMMMM I thought that would catch your attention!!! I want to chat today about the truth behind the idea that whilst you are a teen sexual temptation is really strong but then after that it becomes easier.
We looked yesterday at the sad events that have occurred in Todd Bentley’s life and understood that he wasn’t the […]