I love walking. Apparently it is one of the best forms of physical exercise. Of course, walking is also a means of transport. In the ancient world it was the most common – and for some people the only – means of getting around. Walking for whatever reason is more enjoyable with someone else. Walking
Every day we make decisions – what to wear, what to eat and what to do. There are little decisions and big decisions. Perhaps, for most people, the biggest decisions in life are about relationships, marriage (whether to marry and whom to marry) and work. When you hear the gospel you have to make the
God is an expert at bringing good out of bad. He could have kept Paul out of prison in Philippi but instead He let Paul go to prison and the jailer became a believer as a result. God could have kept Jesus from the cross but He let Him go — His own Son —
The Christian life is a battle. I have been following Jesus for two decades. As I look back at these years, they have been years of great blessing – more than I could have asked or even imagined. At the same time, there have been many challenges and obstacles. There have been very few periods
Everything will be alright in the end… If it’s not alright, then it is not the end, it’s not over. Let us all run the race to the end stay faithful to the Lord to the very end of your life. Our life is like an obstacle race. There are snares along the path. There
How should you face conflict? When God calls you to follow him, he does not call you to a life of ease. Life on earth involves many battles, in all of which God promises you victory through Jesus Christ. There is never going to be a moment in your earthly life when everything is perfect.
I don’t need anyone’s approval to be happy. Happiness is a choice. I am as happy as I choose to be. What other people think of me cannot rob my happiness unless I allow them to rob it. It is a fact of life that on this broken planet filled with broken people, there will
‘When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Do you sometimes find yourself facing a seemingly impossible situation? It might be a relationship that seems to have broken down irretrievably, or an issue to do with health, finances or something else where change seems impossible. With God there is always hope, no matter how bad
You know, we can all hurt in a lot of different ways. Loneliness, disappointment, rejection, fear, broken relationships and insecurity all have the ability to hurt us deeply. But do we believe that there are no accidents in life? Everything happens for a reason. Every person we meet will have a role in our lives,
What are you doing with your time? Time really does fly, doesn’t it? On the other hand, in some situations, it may seem like time crawls! No matter how fast or slow it feels like time goes by, each of us only has a certain amount of time on this earth. With that in mind,