Many, many people believe in Jesus Christ – and yet somehow there’s a gap between what they believe and how they live. It seems that other people are out there doing things …

Many, many people believe in Jesus Christ – and yet somehow there’s a gap between what they believe and how they live. It seems that other people are out there doing things …

Humility is a great attribute to have, but learning humility, being humbled by God as it were, the getting of humility, that bit’s not all that much fun is it? And yet, it’s …

When things go from bad to worse in your life, on a scale of zero to ten, to what extent do God’s promises bring comfort and reassurance to your heart? Why do you think that …

When was the last time you experienced that sense of hopelessness? It wasn’t pretty was it? But you see, right in the middle of that, God has already given you something that …

It pains me to see people going through their troubles alone. On the one hand, they may well believe in Jesus. On the other, they live their lives, they worry themselves through …

I think that somehow, we all think, we all imagine, we all hope that at some point, life will get better. At some point, it’s going to get easier. Only, it never seems to, does …

In those times when fear strikes your heart – and no, it’s not just you, it happens to all of us eventually – where do you turn? What is it that gets you through? So, …

Darkness descends on our lives from time to time. It just does. And with it comes fear. Fear of how things will turn out. And that fear churns around and around inside, dragging …

Fear isn’t a pleasant thing. When was the last time you were afraid? Think about it. How did you react? How might you have reacted differently looking back on it? Okay so …

There are so many things we take for granted in life. But when we take a good, hard look at them – from a different angle, well, things aren’t always what they seem. In this …

When you feel under attack, and we all do at some point, when people and your circumstances conspire to form that perfect storm – where do turn to? Where do you run for …

Question: what do you do, when you’re confronted with a problem that’s so big and ugly and complicated, that you know you just can’t figure it out for yourself? Well, what …

Have you ever found yourself feeling a tad worthless; feeling as though other people use you when it suits them, but deep down that they don’t value you? You wouldn’t be alone …

Money is, I think, one of the most seductive commodities on planet earth. And chasing after it, well, it causes many people a lot of pain. Money, Money, Money – remember that …

Have you ever noticed how happy and successful everybody else seems to be? You compare your life to theirs, and it’s easy to come off feeling as though you’re second best. Or …

In a world where everybody seems to be trying to impress everybody else, there’s a lot of bragging and boasting going on. Just check what people are saying about themselves on …

Can I ask you today, how do you feel about the way you look? What’s your sense of your body-image? Are you happy with it, or do you, like many others, worry about it, even …

There are so many things in life we take for granted. But when we take a good, hard look at them – from a different angle, well, things aren’t always what they seem. This …

So many people are opting out of church these days, that the experts are writing textbooks about them. Seriously! And the problem with that, is that, spiritually and emotionally, …

I wonder, what do you imagine that your life should look like? What images of beauty or success or whatever else do you aspire to? Because those aspirations, could in fact, be …

Have you ever had that kind of squirmish, uncomfortable feeling that you’re trying to do things that you were never meant to be doing? That the fit between who you are and what …

One of the most important, the most profound, the most fundamental influences in our lives is how we see ourselves. And how we see ourselves, isn’t always that …

How do you cope with criticism? I mean, when someone comes up to you and suggests that you may have fallen short or failed in this or that, how do you respond? It’s an important …

The truth is that we all want our lives to go along swimmingly well, from beginning to end. And so, when troubles come our way, which they inevitably do, we end up being …

Joy is such a simple word. Three letters. One syllable. So why is it in such short supply?So many people believe in Jesus. And yet they don’t experience His joy. And that’s so …

It’s one thing to believe that this thing that we call “the Bible” is God’s Word, that it’s true. That’s one thing. But it’s quite another to believe that what God …

I wonder, today, whether we might take a moment to prod around in your heart. What hurt from the past is still eating away at you? Toward whom are you still, perhaps, harbouring …

Call me crazy, but it seems like an incredible anomaly for someone on the one hand, to say “I believe in Jesus”, but on the other for their lives to be something of a mess. It …

On a scale of zero to ten, how satisfied are you with your occupation; the job, paid or unpaid, that you’re doing right at the moment? If you’re like most people, the answer …

Insecurity, low self-esteem, hold many a person back from being all that God created them to be. And for some people, it’s time to get a revelation of what God sees, when He …

Life is full of peaks and troughs. And all too often we can be intoxicated by the triumphs and crushed by the disasters. Way too many people live their lives on an emotional …

In this crazy-busy world in which we live, prioritising all the things that we have to do can be quite a challenge. And yet, deciding what to do next, has a huge impact on the …

Joy is such a simple word. Three letters. One syllable. So why is it in such short supply?So many people believe in Jesus. And yet they don’t experience His joy. And that’s so …

Joy is such a simple word. Three letters. One syllable.So why it in such short supply? So many people believe in Jesus. And yet they don’t experience His joy. And that’s so …

Many a person’s life is out of whack. Things are out of alignment. It’s just not working the way it should be. This wall is crooked, that window isn’t level and this door …

Many people, even those, might I say who believe in Jesus, live life with a sense that something … something’s missing. It’s not easy to put your finger on. But surely there …

Love is something that we all want. It’s something that we all need. We’re very good consumers, when it comes to the commodity of love. But honestly, how good are we, at …

We live in a disposable society. Look at the packaging they wrap around all the things we buy … straight in the bin. And we live in a society where even relationships have …

Obedience, in this day and age, is not a popular concept. Just listen to that word – obedience. In the context of your life, it sounds kind of old-fashioned, restrictive, yich! …

Have you ever done something wrong for the umpteenth time, and you start thinking to yourself, at some point, Jesus has to be done with me? At some point, it has to be …

It’s easy to go along to church each Sunday, sing the songs, listen to the sermon, pat yourself on the back and yet … still harbour a quiet disdain for some of the people in …

Anger and bitterness are things we don’t like to talk about much – little wonder! But they’re things that we encounter every now and then. Anger, sadly, can be a daily fact …

Today is Mother’s Day in most parts of the world. Not everywhere, but almost everywhere. Mother’s Day is a special day when we remember the sacrifices our mothers have made. …

Suffering has a funny way of pulling us off course. We want to follow God’s call on our lives, but the moment the going gets tough, a whole bunch of people fall by the wayside, …

Suffering at the hands of injustice is pretty much as bad as it gets. Not only is our innate sense of justice deeply offended, but at the same time we’re hurting. The injustice …

No one likes to suffer. You don’t, I don’t, and yet, God has a lot to say about suffering. And what He does say, well, it ain’t all that pretty. I’ve often thought that …

When we suffer an injustice, when we discover in our own experience, yet again, that life’s not fair, we want to rail against it, don’t we? We want to behave badly, and all …

Many workplaces are a powder keg, waiting to go off. The tension in some organisations is palpable and sometimes it’s management’s fault. So, how do you react, how do you cope …

Question: How do you treat people you don’t like, people you don’t agree with, people you don’t respect? How do you respond to them? God tells us to do some crazy things. …

Every now and then, you run into a Scripture verse that packs a real punch. A verse that in just a very few words delivers a knock-out blow. The one we’re going to look at …

Christians talk a lot about faith. Their faith walk; faith this; faith that. But what is faith? Well, faith is what you need to get through the things you can’t get through …

When was the last time that you were accused of something that you didn’t do? It wasn’t a very nice feeling was it? So, how did you respond? And looking back on it, how might …

Churches, these days, are a lot different from the churches that we read about in the New Testament. For one thing, those churches back then, well they didn’t have great big …

The moment we give our lives to Jesus Christ, two important changes take place. Firstly, our status, who we are changes. And secondly, the purpose of our life changes, or at …

Discipline is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, none of us enjoys being disciplined. Ever. On the other hand, without discipline, without being taught obedience, we would be …

It’s funny how we’re prepared to make sacrifices in life to achieve the goals that we want to achieve, but then, when following Jesus, when serving Him involves sacrifice, we …

Difficult times, times of trial, can have us questioning our faith in Jesus. They can have us wondering whether He’s real, or whether we’re just deluding ourselves, hanging …

When you find yourself in a time of trial, a time when your faith is being put to the test, it’s not a lot of fun, and amidst the pain and the uncertainty, often, it doesn’t …

Christians talk a lot about faith. Their faith walk; faith this; faith that. But what is faith? Well, faith is what you need to get through the things you can’t get through …

In your walk through life with Jesus, have you ever been tempted to give up on Him? Turn back from that relationship? Go your own way? If so, you wouldn’t be the first one to …

We often don’t think all that much about the things we say and how we say them. We just kind of blurt things out. But the problem with that is the things that we say have the …

Victory and defeat are complete opposites. They lie at the complete opposite ends of human experience. And yet, there are times when they come together and those times, well those …

Those of us who live in a more traditional family unit, husband, wife, children, maybe a pet dog, we generally don’t give a thought to how difficult life must be for the single …

Life is full of seasons. Seasons to be serious, and seasons for having a good laugh. Times when things are getting us down and times to lighten up a bit. Yep, life is full of …

Looking back on Easter, what was it all about again? What did we just celebrate back there on Good Friday and Easter Sunday? What was the point of it all? Easter, when you …

Christians talk a lot about faith. Their faith walk; faith this; faith that. But what is faith? Well, faith is what you need to get through the things you can’t get through …

Christians talk a lot about the resurrection of Jesus – it seems quite central to what they believe. But what is this whole resurrection thing about? Did it really happen? And …

Well, today is the day when we celebrate the fact that Jesus rose again to give us a new life. But, not everyone believes that He rose again. I mean, it’s pretty far-fetched, …

Have you ever felt completely alone? You know, when you’re hurting, aching and nothing anyone can say or do makes any difference. It’s a black hole, and in that hole, you’re …

The Cross of Christ is a serious business. But I wonder as we celebrate what happened there on that hill, Golgotha, I wonder how many of us really, in our heart of hearts, …

The Cross of Christ, that brutal crucifixion, looked like the biggest defeat in all of human history. This supposed Messiah, strung up on a cross, nailed hands and feet, gasping …

Sometimes, being a disciple of Jesus Christ, means standing apart from the crowd and being different. Not always, but sometimes. And when that time comes, we each have an …

You know what they say. When you fall over, get up, dust yourself off and keep on going. But there’s another bit to that. You don’t want to keep on falling over in the same …

Bringing up children is a huge responsibility. It’s a huge investment too, requiring a lot of sacrifice along the way. But inevitably, it’s an investment that also pays huge …

Have you ever wondered whether God is bothered by how little time some people spend with Him? I mean quality time, unhurried time, undistracted time. Do you think, perhaps, that …

As we head into Easter week, it’s so, so easy just to focus on having that long weekend and munching on that chocolate … that we ignore that distant awareness that there’s …

Every morning when we get up out of bed, the biggest determinant of the sort of day that we’re going to have is the attitude in our hearts. And it turns out that our …

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Oh, that’s just a small sin. God won’t care. He probably won’t even notice”? Ever thought like that? Well, let me be blunt. That’s …

When you’re head down, working hard at life, it’s all too easy to lose sight, I mean, completely lose sight, of the power that God has to help you deal with the difficult …

What are the things that you depend on in life? The things that you assume will still be here in five years’ time? Your home? Your job? Even your marriage? We behave as though …

Christianity has a funny way of getting up people’s noses, in the pluralistic world in which we live nowadays. So we get to thinking that perhaps … well, maybe we are being …

The pressure seems to be rising, have you noticed. In society there’s more and more conflict and as individuals, many people just feel as though they’re under more and more …

Okay. It’s time for some straight shooting today on relationships –specifically, your relationship with the people who drive you nutty. The ones you see coming and straight …

Easter’s a bit of a funny time of the year. I mean, in a sense, we probably understand what God was up to at Easter. But you know, there’s a real danger that we say “Well …

With all the sexual abuse scandals in the news and the #metoo movement in full swing, the thing that staggers me is how widespread the abuse of women actually is. Not just in the …

As we live life not thinking all that much about the deeper things, just making it through day by day, it’s not uncommon for an uneasy feeling to creep up on us. A feeling …

Jesus had some incredibly unsettling things to say about what sort of faith is required for us to enter into heaven. Incredibly unsettling. So, with your faith in the state that …

Who needs Easter? Really. It seems so distant from the cut and thrust of day-to-day life. A long weekend perhaps. A bit too much chocolate. Even a church service, maybe. But does …

Living life is something we don’t think much about. It’s like drawing the next breath, you’re just on autopilot. But we can live life well, or we can live life badly, …

Heaven, hell, eternity … all that stuff … is so other-worldly that amidst the business of living life, they seem completely irrelevant. But one day, make no mistake, they’re …

Democracy around the globe, right at the moment, seems to be a sick little puppy. There is so much entrenched tribalism between left and right, so much arguing, so much deep …

People are dying to have a great life. Who doesn’t want to have a great life? But for so many, it just isn’t working out that way. Maybe they’ve got everything they need – …

It bothers me a lot, when I see churches tearing themselves apart over stupid controversies, when I see Christian marriages falling apart over this or that. You have to ask …

Grace. It’s a word that rolls so easily off the tongue. We sing songs about it. We hear sermons about it. But, might I ask you, is your heart overwhelmed by the enormity of …

When you boil it all down, the reason that God sent us His Son, is to save us from the unthinkable consequences of our sin. And in Christ, our forgiveness is so utterly complete, …

Not everything that God calls us to do, always makes sense at first. In fact, sometimes, it goes completely against the grain. Question is, will you follow the call, will you do …

Forgiving people who’ve hurt you, well that’s a great idea, in theory. But in practice, when you’re still hurting, how do you set about actually doing that? One of the …

The truth is, forgiving people who’ve hurt us isn’t always such an easy thing to do. But deep in our hearts, we know that unless we do forgive them, the hurt will just keep on …

How secure are you in your relationship with God? What do you believe that He’s going to do on that occasion when you’ve failed Him one time too often? Boot you out of His …