Against the Flow, part 3. Time is the oxygen of friendship, and friendship is easily overlooked, yet it’s one of the most important themes right through Scripture.

Against the Flow, part 2. We’re living through a time where childhood is being reengineered, where social habits have changed, where milestones now take longer to reach amidst a crisis of mental health, and the stability and security of family … Continue reading “Raising Boys”

Against the Flow, part 1. The gospel is not an upgrade, but utter transformation. We were once spiritually dead, but now we have been brought to life.

Immediately, part 4. Certain moments can be very significant and transformative, and can alter the whole trajectory of your life. In today’s passage the disciples have one such moment, and are called to deeper levels of commitment with Jesus.

We feel that God wants to remind us of three things today: that he wants an increased hunger amongst us, to remind us of holiness, and that he loves humility.

Immediately, part 3. Medicine and supernatural healing are complimentary, and God can use both for his glory. Some experience immediate healing through prayer, while others have their healing waiting for them in heaven.

Immediately, part 2. Jesus commissions and sends out the twelve disciples to preach repentance, to take authority over demons and to fully trust in God for all their material needs.

Immediately, part 1. Philippians 2 tells us that every knee will bow before Jesus, yet Mark 10:45 states that Jesus came to not to be served, but to serve. This is the essence of servant-hearted leaders.

Jesus came ‘to seek and to save that which was lost’ — not just to reach us individually, but to impact the whole world in and around us.