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Be transformed by the renewing of your mind !

I NEVER KNEW YOU I have had a thought floating in and out for the past few weeks. Then it took root and landed, and I couldn't remove it. We can serve God, know about God, and do great things in His name, yet still remain on the peripheral of going deeper into Him. There comes a time when everything surrounding God is no longer enough. The teachings. The service. The things we do in His name. Even the things we have believed about Him. Something within begins to draw us beyon

As spoken in the last writing, every generation carries its portion of the coming of Christ. Every generation passes something forward. But ultimately, the generations will be gathered together in Him. The people who carried Christ through different generations are brought together. Jesus speaks of His elect — His chosen ones. “He will send His angels... and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” — Matthew 24:31 His elec

Every generation that has truly seen something of the Father's heart has naturally felt the weight of what it has seen. They have seen something of Him so clearly that it can feel as though, This is it. We are the generation that will bring the fullness of Christ into the earth. But perhaps what they were actually experiencing was their portion of His unfolding. No generation has carried His coming alone. Each generation carries something of the revelation of Christ and hands

THE FATHER IN US We all carry ideas about God. Some come through religion, tradition and teaching. Others arise from humanity’s own limited or distorted understanding of who God is. We were made in God’s image. Yet we often remake God in our image. Jesus came to reveal the Father and to free us from the limits of our understanding. In the Old Testament, sacrifice became central to the way people approached God. But did God give the command to sacrifice, or was sacrifice creat

WHO YOU ARE? As we explore the life beyond the manufactured life of ourselves — the ego, the identity we have constructed and learned to protect — we begin to discover who we really are. We were made in His image. For a long time those can simply be words written on a page. We confess them, believe them and hope that perhaps one day we will actually see ourselves that way. But what happens when they become truth within us? “So God created man in His own image; in the image of

PRIESTHOOD For generations, we have learned to see the Body of Christ through an established structure. Clergy and laity.Those who minister and those who are ministered to. Those who stand at the front and those who sit before them. Without realising it, this can become the lens through which we understand our relationship with God. But the New Covenant gives us another picture. Peter writes: “You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood

In the beginning there was an awakening of the spirit within called a Born Again experience. When you know without a shadow of a doubt that there is a God and His name is Jesus Christ. This experience paved the way to know Him and His Word. With the delight of this new relationship, all you want to do is serve Him. Until the day comes when He says, “Follow Me.” Following Him becomes a blind walk of faith. We do not know where He is taking us or what the journey will require.

THE SOURCE OF LIFE There are many people in life who will try to tempt us to be drawn away from our Source, which is Christ. They may attack us with words, accuse us, misunderstand us or deliberately look for a reaction. They are drawing from their source. And sometimes that source is putrid. It carries anger, bitterness, accusation, jealousy, hurt and all the things that have collected there over a lifetime. When they speak from that place, there is a temptation for us to re

THE FLOWER AND THE CENTRE I was speaking with an Orthodox Father recently when something caught my attention. We come from very different expressions of Christ. His traditions are different from mine. His way of worshipping is different. Yet when we began speaking about Christ, something happened. Our words met. Neither of us had to become like the other. I didn't have to move towards his tradition, and he didn't have to move towards mine. Our conversation simply flowed becau

ORDER BEHIND ORDER Perhaps the enormity of God becomes a little easier for our human minds to grasp when we look at the order He has revealed to us. God upon His throne. Christ at the right hand of the Father, interceding. “He always lives to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25 The Holy Spirit at work within us. Teaching. Leading. Convicting. Revealing. Transforming. And then the angels— “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inh

COVERED IN RAGS For some time now, I have been looking at a beautiful lamp with a rag thrown over it. And it has been eating at me. I know what is underneath that rag. A beautiful lamp full of light . The lamp was made to shine, yet someone has covered it. The light is still on underneath the rag, but nobody can see it. Every time I look at it, I hear the words of Jesus: “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are

THE SECRET OF AGING I have listened to worldly people talk about age and growing old in all the same ways, but none of it made any sense to me. They all seem to end up in the same place as the next. So I sat with God and asked Him, “How do You suggest we grow old?” The words flowed like a river: “Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.”Psalm 92:13 The house of the LORD is far more than a physical building. Jesus spoke of His bod

WONDER OF GOD Over the years, I have wondered at the things of God, asking question after question. Then one day I saw that wonder itself is the well. Wonder is the spring from which understanding flows. It does not answer every question with an explanation, but it draws us deeper into the heart of God, where our deepest questions find their answer in Him. Knowledge gives understanding, but wonder keeps drawing us deeper into the One we are coming to know. Wonder cannot be ma

His Coming Exposes Hearts "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'"— Matthew 10:34–36 Jesus is not saying that God delights in family division or commands it. Rather, He is revealing that allegiance to Him can bring division within famili

Made to Belong At the wedding in Cana, Jesus said to His mother, "Woman, why do you involve Me? My hour has not yet come." (John 2:4) Yet Mary quietly turned to the servants and said, "Do whatever He tells you." To me, Mary's response reveals a quiet confidence in the Father's purpose, even though Jesus had said, 'My hour has not yet come.' For years we often choose relationships with hard edges. We grind our way through life, marriages and friendships, trying to change one a

Mortality and the Categories of Man I believe mortality entered the world in the garden on that fateful day. Some call it death. Others call it old age. Yet beneath them both lies mortality—the condition of a creation separated from the life it was created to enjoy. From that day onward, humanity became subject to decay. Time began to leave its mark upon the body, and death became the final expression of mortality. Yet mortality did not come alone. As humanity became separate

Peace Beyond Emotion There is a peace that is deeper than emotion. It is not indifference, nor is it the absence of love. It is the quiet confidence that comes from resting in God. Jesus revealed this peace when He slept in the boat as the storm raged around Him. The wind was real. The waves were real. The disciples' fear was real. Yet Jesus was not drawn into the panic of those around Him. His peace was not determined by the atmosphere; His peace transformed it. He did not d

INTIMACY in EDEN The Hebrew word Eden (עֵדֶן, ʿēden) is associated with delight, pleasure, abundance, and delightfulness. The phrase Garden of Eden can therefore be understood as the Garden of Delight. "The LORD God planted a garden in Eden..."— Genesis 2:8 In one sense, God planted a garden in the place of delight. This gives fresh meaning to the invitation found in Psalm 37: "Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart."— Psalm 37:4 As

Delight The Lord tells us to delight in Him, and He will give us the desires of our heart. Yet this can be a difficult invitation while we are still living with the struggles of our fallen nature. For years we walk under the blessing of God as He sustains us while we overcome our fallen nature. His grace carries us, His mercy restores us, and His goodness continually draws us to Himself. Then a day comes when the relationship begins to change. It is no longer centred on us. O

ENTER IN Looking back, I have come to see my journey with God as a long courtship. How long that courtship lasts differs for each person. There is a difference between knowing about God, experiencing God, and abiding in Him. Many people know about God. They know Scripture, theology, and doctrine. Others have genuine experiences of God. They may sense His presence, receive comfort, or have powerful spiritual encounters. Yet neither knowledge nor experience is the destination.