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Jun 2018
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) The battle is spiritual, and so we need to learn to fight spiritually. For example: we often wrongly believe that we’re in a battle against the difficult people in our lives. But people are not our enemies. The real battle is against the spiritual forces at work behind the scenes. These forces may work through people, but people are never your enemy. They......
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June 15, 2018
Deal with strife before it deals with you.
“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”James 3:16 NKJV Strife is angry or bitter disagreement; it’s conflict between two or more people. The Bible warns that strife is severely...
June 14, 2018
Build a bridge
I like the saying, “offence is taken, not given”. The only reason we are ever offended is because we take the opportunity to be offended. Even if someone is offensive, you have to choose to be offended....
June 13, 2018
You don’t have to be friends with everyone!
God doesn’t expect you to be friends with everyone! (side note: this is not an excuse to be unfriendly and burn bridges, but more on that later). “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness...
June 12, 2018
Relationships God’s way
“All the believers kept meeting together, and they shared everything with each other.”Acts 2:44 (GW) The early church seemed to have met together quite a lot. And that is good. As believers, God has called...
June 11, 2018
How to have GREAT relationships – 01
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD.” Isaiah 55:8 KJV “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the...
June 09, 2018
Extravagant love!
“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!…”1 John 3:1 (NKJV) “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should...
June 08, 2018
Change your life: The power of God
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”Romans 1:16 KJV...
June 07, 2018
Change your life: Knowing God’s will for your life.
in my name, I will do it.”John 14:13-14 KJV “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should...
June 06, 2018
Change your life: Fill yourself with God’s Word.
“Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.”1 Timothy 4:15 (NKJV) Biblical meditation is “giving yourself entirely to” the truths in God’s Word. It’s not emptying your...