Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Sep 20th, 2009
Hi All, We live in a world that can easily entrap us with things that we can idolise, give more attention and focus to than we should. Where our focus is, there our heart will be also. God desires that we all may ascend his hill, and sit in his presence, without pretence or blemish, […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Sep 13th, 2009
Often we put up excuses when we face challenges, I’m not good enough, choose Fred. The Old Testament is full of stories about people God chose who were not the ones we might have chosen, Moses, David, Gideon etc.. Jesus chose an interesting band of disciples .. God’s ways aren’t our ways, nor his thoughts […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Sep 6th, 2009
Hi all Do we have a sense of awe, do we ascribe (give to God) the honour due to his name? At times we struggle to do this, the Psalmist reminds us in Psalm 145 of the importance of doing this, and time and time again I am reminded that as we do this, in […]
Posted in Nehemiah, POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Aug 30th, 2009
Nehemiah is a book filled with practical and spiritual lessons. The people were becoming tired from the physical work of rebuilding the wall, this coupled with threats from their enemies to kill them and stop their work. Nehemiah manages to reassure the people of God’s might and power to overcome their enemies through a rousing […]
Posted in Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Aug 9th, 2009
Hi This week I am away to Totara Springs, Matamata where I will be giving a short talk on Insurance. I am looking forward to meeting a group of committed and passionate leaders who are ministrying to many across New Zealand. One thing we often need at a personal level is Assurance that God is there to help […]
Posted in Nehemiah, POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Jul 26th, 2009
We can learn a lot from Nehemiah. We can’t be so spiritual to be of no earthly good, nor so earthly that we are no spiritual good. The People of Jerusalem prayed to God for protection from their enemies, but they also did something practical they posted guards day and night. We need to be […]
Posted in Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jul 19th, 2009
Often the last thing we feel like is worshipping God when life seems a struggle, yet it should be the thing we do. The Psalmist is Psalm 29 calls us to Ascribe to the Lord the honour due him. As one of my favourite songs puts it “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jun 28th, 2009
I am convinced that the more time we spend in God’s word the more we are able to comprehend his will for our lives. In this time when there is so much insecurity and uncertainty it should be that we are spending more time in the Bible, but the reality for many of us […]
Posted in Nehemiah, Poems Old Testament on Jun 21st, 2009
After 140 years the wall was being re-built Sanballat and Tobiah had a vested interest is not seeing this happen, a weak defenceless Jerusalem ensured they could continue to rob and plunder it. To someone looking from the outside in re-building the walls from essentially burnt rubble was a monumental task that didn’t look acheiveable. […]
Posted in Nehemiah, Poems Old Testament on Jun 7th, 2009
The rebuilding of the wall was truly a community effort, from different echelons of society, from different occupations, and different skill sets, every person had a part to play. 1 Cor 12 talks about how the church should function as a body, we often discuss in our churches the concept of every-member ministries. Nehemiah models many […]