When we give financial support to someone who is needy, it isn’t only about the money. For certain, the money is incredibly valuable because it’s what achieves what the person needs! But, our act of giving is not ONLY about the money. It’s also about what happens in me and you, and about our walk …
The Disciple’s Dilemma
[This post appeared first on Matt’s blog, The Upward Drop] I have a great relationship with scripture. I read it more than ever, and try more earnestly than ever to be shaped by its pages (though ‘try’ is the only honest word). But as a person who loves study and learning, it has also been a …
God’s Great Love – Part 2
HIS LOVE’S PURPOSES (benefits of His love) God’s love at work in us invites us to faith in Jesus and living with the PROMISE OF INHERITANCE in our hearts! His love invites us to a place of inner freedom and light as we live our daily lives, no matter the external circumstances. We are no …
God’s Great Love – Part 1
GOD’S LOVE IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS The beloved scene of Jesus with some of His closest disciples sharing their final meal before His departure is found in John chapters 13-17. Simon Peter and the other Simon, Andrew, the two James’s, John, Philip, Matthew, Bartholomew, Thomas, Judas and the other Judas were there. As they …
The Path of Freedom
Throughout the book of Galatians, Paul is telling Jesus’ followers about the new way: a path of freedom. To the Jews, he is explaining that their former, customary “guide for living” had proven to be miserably inadequate, both personally and socially. Now, a new and DIFFERENT way was possible for them and for the whole …
News from Jon and Abi in Vanuatu
2018 has been an incredible year of strength and growth for our work in Vanuatu, below is just a brief snapshot of some of our work… Community Outreach Works We have almost completed our affordable housing project, with another 30 homes built this year for widows, people with disabilities and other families in need. This …
Love is Strong!
I stood preaching before a large crowd. “Love is STRONG” I emphasised. “Love is strong in the face of every enemy”. Nothing else feels like that surge of Godly strength as you proclaim truth and feel as if you were under His mighty hand, speaking with great empowerment as an instrument played by the Master Himself. …
Let This ‘Same Mind’ be in You
Philippians 2:5 says, “Let this same mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, was one with God and equal with God. But He made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And, being found in …