Some days the power of the devil to tempt you in the wrong direction seems so much greater than either your own power to resist him or God’s power to stop him. That’s just how ...

Making fun of our political leaders has become something of a national pastime for many people in society today, not to mention whinging, complaining, attacking, undermining and ...

I’m sure that you can think back on some really scary things that you’ve had to do in your life. But today I want to share one that really, I mean REALLY, freaks me out! I ...

These days there’s a health debate raging about sugar. Now, whilst most nutritionists will tell you not to have too much sugar, what they’re not telling us is that sugar is ...

Revenge, so the saying goes, is sweet. I mean if someone hits you on the nose, you hit them back, only harder. That’s how it goes, isn’t it? After all, what’s the ...

Revenge, they say, is sweet. When someone wrongs you; when someone hurts you and you choose to take revenge, in the instant when you see them get their just desserts, something ...

One of my absolute favourite sayings used to be: It’s so hard to soar like an eagle when you’re surrounded by turkeys. Not bad is it? Although, given what I do, these days, I ...

One of the things that amazes me is the creativity that God’s planted inside each one of us. Just when you have no idea how to take something forward – you stop and think and ...

I want to tell you about a friend of mine, Neil. He’s well into his eighties and he’s lived, shall we say, a colourful life. After a recent operation his body is a bit frail ...

There are times in life when, as the expression goes, we feel the heat; when there seems to be a scarcity of the living water that Jesus promised. And it’s in that place that we ...

Let me be bold today and say to you that there’s no such thing as “comfortable Christianity”. In fact, what an oxymoron! If you want to just diddly-bop through life, go on ...

When you’ve made a blunder – I mean, a really bad one – it’s one thing to believe that God’s forgiven you. It’s another thing entirely to be able to accept that ...

Do you believe in signs, wonders and miracles for today? The supernatural power of God disrupting the natural order of things by breaking into your, natural, mundane little old ...

I saw a coffee mug advertised online recently with the following inscription on it: ‘I can do all things through a verse taken out of context’. I thought to myself … man, I ...

Jesus said that You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. Problem is, most of us don’t know a lot of the truth and the devil has an absolute field day in our ...

Can I just ask you to pause for a moment and take stock of how you’re feeling right now; of your emotional state? And in doing that, let me ask you, how hopeful … how ...

Jesus said that You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. Problem is, most of us don’t know a lot of the truth and the devil has an absolute field day in our ...

Jesus said that You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. Problem is, most of us don’t know a lot of the truth and the devil has an absolute field day in our ...

It’s so incredibly tempting these days to question the Word of God; to cross out the inconveniently yucky verses from your Bible so the whole thing is more agreeable, more ...

At what point did we decide that our feelings, our emotions, the world’s decaying morality all mixed into one should be the final arbiter of the truthfulness, or otherwise, of ...

Whatever state they’re in – we’re all part of a family.  And, truth be known – our family really matters to us.  There’s something special about family.  ...

Whatever state they’re in – we’re all part of a family.  And, truth be known – our family really matters to us.  There’s something special about family.  ...

The world being what it is, with devices which only a few years ago would have been considered to be supercomputers now in the palm of our hands, marital infidelity has never been ...

As someone who has been through the pain and the tragedy of divorce, I can tell you that the “easy come, easy go” attitude of contemporary society towards marriage these days ...

Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...

Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...

Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...

Do you believe in Jesus? If so, then your faith in Him is meant to give you victory: victory over your sin and victory over your circumstances, because often the combination of ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

Why is it that children need to be both encouraged and admonished by their parents and teachers over and over again, in order for them to develop a healthy confidence in ...

Anyone who’s married will be able to tell you that every now and then, their wife or their husband does something completely unexpected. You thought you knew them, but boom! And ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

There seem to be a lot of people on my social media feeds these days claiming to be apostles, prophets and the like. And yes, those are gifts that the New Testament talks about. ...

With all that’s been going on in the world, not to mention the normal day-to-day stuff that life dishes up, many are only just getting by, struggling to cope. But what if life ...

There are forces at play in this world that seek to shut down the Gospel; to silence the Good News of Jesus; to deprive God’s people of the opportunity – so speak out the love ...

What are the blessings that you’re hoping will come your way soon from the hand of God? What have you been asking Him for? What’s right up there at the top of your list, hmm? ...

No matter who you are, where you live. or what your circumstances may be, there are always going to be some things that you just don’t want to do. And the more of those you ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  Nevertheless is definitely a fact of life!  And like every other part of ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

Just living out each day honouring God, following Jesus wherever He leads, standing apart from the evil that the world peddles as being the norm in the “enlightened era” in ...

I feel the need today to chat with you about the little compromises that may be creeping into your life. You know … those “little sins” – the ones that in your estimation ...

I don’t know about you, but the plan I have for my life is that it should all bubble along just nicely, punctuated often by some happy times and very, very rarely (if ever) by ...

The truth be known, no matter how strong a person you may be, there are times when we all feel powerless – powerless to confront and to deal with the things in our lives that, ...

Criticism is never pleasant. It touches a raw nerve. It smarts. Sure, I know I’m not perfect, but I don’t want to hear others. Yet constructive criticism helps you grow, ...

Many people are just living life … just eking out an existence.  Only just getting by.  And many of those people are the very same people who believe in Jesus, this ...

Many people are just living life … just eking out an existence.  Only just getting by.  And many of those people are the very same people who believe in Jesus, this ...

Any parent knows the frustration of telling their children to do something, and having them demand to know “why?!” as a precondition to their compliance. Sometimes there’s ...

One of the things that we do all too often when things aren’t going according to plan, when we have some aches and pains in our lives, is that we set about treating the ...

I regularly have days that are so full, so busy in doing the things I have to do that it’s difficult to carve out the time, let alone the emotional energy, to spend with Jesus. ...

Have you ever woken up one day and found your faith in Christ to be dry, to be parched, to be so much less than you know it should be? Sure you have – me too! Question is … ...

One of the things that we do all too often when things aren’t going according to plan, when we have some aches and pains in our lives, is that we set about treating the ...

One of the things that we do all too often when things aren’t going according to plan, when we have some aches and pains in our lives, is that we set about treating the ...

One of the more special relationships we can have in this life is as a parent – not everyone of course, but most. And even if you’re not a parent, it’s not difficult to ...

As we grow up, we’re supposed to learn life skills.  But how well we learn them, how effective we become as people – depends on who we had teaching us.  Sometimes, ...

The secret hope that each of us harbours is that if we follow Jesus, if we obey Him, then He’ll bless us in the way that we want to be blessed. Healthy, wealthy and wise. At ...

As Jesus walked the dusty roads of 1st century Israel, He did and said some powerful things. Countless lives were touched and transformed. And that’s the point. When eventually ...

As we grow up, we’re supposed to learn life skills.  But how well we learn them, how effective we become as people – depends on who we had teaching us.  Sometimes, ...

We live in a world today where the things that we’ve always known to be wrong – greed, lust, immorality and the like – are now not only being called right, but applauded. ...

Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...

One of the things that most of us aren’t all that good at is reading other people’s emotions … before we say or do what we were going to say or do. But there’s something ...

Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...

Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...

We all do this thing called “self-talk”. We create a narrative of our lives that we repeat to ourselves over and over again to the point where it not only impacts our lives, ...

Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working.  A Relationship.  Just how they feel about themselves.  ...

There have no doubt been times in your life when you’ve been afraid. Me too! And sure, it’s a natural, built-in response to keep us safe. But if we live in that state for too ...

Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working.  A Relationship.  Just how they feel about themselves.  ...

Have you ever felt locked in your circumstances? It feels like a straitjacket, right? If feels as though nothing’s ever going to change; as though you are going to be stuck in ...

One of the things that the Bible promises us over and over again, is spiritual victory. We aren’t just conquerors God tells us, but more than conquerors. Spiritual victory is ...

The main reason that we find ourselves in conflict situations is that we want one thing, and the other person wants quite the opposite. It’s a well-worn path, the one that leads ...

Jealousy and selfishness are two of the most basic of all human emotions. Indeed, they manifest from a very early age – pretty much from when a child begins to be able to ...

Rightly or wrongly (mostly wrongly) we have a hierarchy of sin, of bad behaviour, in our heads. Murder, theft, adultery – they’re really bad. Selfishness, jealousy, boasting ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to become an overnight success.  I think that’s pretty much everyone’s secret dream. Success without the hard work, by next Thursday. Just perfect! ...

One of the things that the Bible promises us over and over again, is spiritual victory. We aren’t just conquerors God tells us, but more than conquerors. Spiritual victory is ...

Have you ever felt that God is against you, that He’s not on your side anymore, that He just keeps on putting obstacle after obstacle in front of you,  adversity heaped on ...

Having done the whole “kids” thing in my younger years, I wasn’t sure how I’d handle becoming a grandfather. Really, it bothered me. But the moment I laid eyes on her, ...

Here’s a crazy statistic: there are over twenty thousand Christian denominations in the world today. Twenty thousand! That’s nuts. So, with all those different perspectives, ...

Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...

Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...

So, a question: how do you treat people … at work, your family at home, your neighbours? When you look at them, do you see their humanity or do you treat them just as objects? ...

Satan has a burning desire to play merry hell with your heart and with your mind. Make no mistake, he is in the business of drawing you away from God, away from following Jesus. ...

Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...

When we’re struggling through difficult times, when we’re living out the consequences, frankly, of our own sin, it’s easy to imagine God sitting up there in the comfort of ...

Life has a funny habit of taking a sharp turn from good times into bad; from a time of abundance to a time of famine; from a time of joy to a time of sadness. And the further we ...

Sometimes, we think we’re going along just fine – and then we react to something, and all of a sudden, we realise, we’re carrying around a bunch of hang-ups.  ...

Sometimes we can find ourselves wandering in a spiritual wilderness.  We’ve all been there at some stage in our life.  And when we are there – it’s as though the ...

So let me ask you, what causes your anger to flare up from time to time? We all have triggers that set us off, and when the adrenalin’s pumping through our veins, man … we can ...

Have you ever had that sense that “I simply don’t have enough faith to get through this tough spot?” Right when you need it most, out there in that wilderness, your faith ...

The big mistake we make in this life is that we think that happiness and joy are the same thing. They simply aren’t. Happiness relies on our circumstances, and they can change, ...

So … a question for you today. Given a choice, would you prefer to live the rest of your life with your hands and feet shackled in chains, or would you rather be free? You’d ...

The big mistake we make in this life is that we think that happiness and joy are the same thing. They simply aren’t. Happiness relies on our circumstances, and they can change, ...

The big mistake we make in this life is that we think that happiness and joy are the same thing. They simply aren’t. Happiness relies on our circumstances, and they can change, ...

It’s funny how the human psyche works. Sometimes the obvious can be staring you in the face, but somehow your mind can’t grasp it. It’s only when you come back to it a ...

So, a question for you today: how often do you think about how you’re living your life? How often do you reflect on how you respond to different situations, different stimuli, ...

Imagine that you discover a precious, solid-gold cup in a rubbish heap. You pick it up – it’s filthy, it’s tarnished, it’s chipped. So you set about cleaning it up again ...

It’s always interesting to tap into the experiences of other people, particularly when those experiences are close encounters with God.  And that’s exactly what this ...

So much of what happens in our lives – is dictated by what’s going on in our hearts. And so many people want to be close to God – yet they pay no attention to what’s going ...

You’ve probably noticed that it’s getting harder and harder to profess publicly that you believe in Jesus: this Jesus who calls us to obey Him; this Jesus who says that right ...

Question … what does spiritual maturity look like? What’s the identifying marque, the brand, the logo, the thing by which you can immediately see the development of spiritual ...

It’s amazing how we build up barriers in our relationships.  Relationships with other people, and in our relationship with God.  And those barriers are barriers to closeness, ...

So, what matters most to you? What do you place the highest value on in your day-to-day life? Not in theory. I’m talking about reality –  the way you actually live your ...