13 2 / 2012

"Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us."

Romans 5:1

12 2 / 2012

"Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault."

Colossians 1:22

02 2 / 2012

"For by grace [unmerited favor] you have been saved [rescued from spiritual death - hell] through faith [trust]; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast."

Ephesians 2:8-9

30 1 / 2012

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

Psalm 139:23-24

30 1 / 2012

I am complete in Christ.

Last week, our church had a conference for its’ youth and young adults. I was really hoping to get a lot out of it - that it would be some kind of turning point.

Although the speakers were great and there was so much to ponder on, for some reason I couldn’t receive it properly in my heart. It was so frustrating! I was hungry for faith, passion and purpose, but my heart hadn’t caught on fire. I mean people were getting baptised in the Holy Spirit and getting healed, but some how…I was struggling in my striving. 

But then today, whilst finally finishing off reading the biography of Hudson Taylor, the same realisation he received, resonated within me as well. I needed to abide. Not to strive for more, but to just rest in God! He lives in me, and through Him I am complete. I already have all I need, through Christ who is within me!

I’ve always known that, but to know in your mind versus knowing in your heart, is a different story. Once it finally gets to your heart, that one realisation can change your entire mindset. There’s no need to be discouraged, or feel condemned. What a source of strength and joy!

19 1 / 2012

"God chose me because I was weak enough. God does not do His great work by large committees. He trains somebody to be quiet enough, and little enough and then He uses him."

Hudson Taylor, 1894

17 1 / 2012

"We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love."

1 Corinthians 13:12-13 (MSG)

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17 1 / 2012

"Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails."

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

09 1 / 2012

"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Matthew 6:25-34

29 12 / 2011

"…make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance…"

2 Peter 1:5a-6a