As the Father loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love (John 15:9).?Jesus reveals to us the main ingredient of joy. It all has to do with abiding in him and his love. When we learn to depend on him we have confidence in his ability and enabling. We stop...
Living in the 2012 Olympic City, we can relate to the common biblical comparison of the Christian faith to an athletic track event. The author of the letter to the Hebrew believers encouraged his readers to strip away every impediment of sin so that they could run...
? The forgiveness of God is the best news in the whole Bible! It meets your most basic need as a sinner and establishes your relationship with God forever. Without forgiveness you could never have any lasting joy or peace or hope. God is the holy and...
Satan goaded God with these words believing that he had found the ultimate human weakness: “A man will give everything he has for his life” (See Job 2:4-5). This accusation certainly exposes a deep fear in the human personality. Our frail humanity makes us...
In life and ministry we have to recognise and accept that some of the challenges people face are very serious ones. In many situations individuals who come for counselling (and indeed we may recognise this in ourselves) may be suffering from mental...
The act of sex fulfils a basic, physical need of all human beings. The sexual drive is given to us by God so that we will desire it to be satisfied ? and the way to that satisfaction is through the mutual enjoyment of intimate sexual relations within marriage. Sexual...
