The Lord’s Prayer, part 6. The last line of the Lord’s Prayer can also be translated “deliver us from the evil one”, which recognises a personal adversary, and opens our eyes to the spiritual battle we’re in.
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation
The Lord’s Prayer, part 5. In Galatians 5, the Apostle Paul states that the entire law is fulfilled just by loving your neighbour; which sounds way too simple. But grasping this is at the very heart of renewing our minds, … Continue reading “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”
Love: The Way of the Cross
Grace Shaped Lives, part 10. While we’re often tempted to chase impressive works and achievements, 1 Corinthians 13 tells us something very challenging: if we don’t have this beautiful ‘agape’ love behind our works, they’re nothing more than noise.
Love Jesus
We Love Mission, part 1. We are designed to be loved, but also to love and care for others just like Jesus.
Love is All You Need — Part 2
Godly Little Letters, part 2. Looking again at the letter of 1 John we take a deeper look at one of the signs that Jesus lives in us, that we love one another.
Chance? God Of It All
Ruth, chapter 2: Life is full of patterns and random events. God is good and sovereign over all our choices and provides for our every need.
Life’s Bitter Blows
Ruth, chapter 1: When life deals us bitter blows there can be a build-up of resentment and pain, but we learn from the story of Ruth and Naomi that God can bring us through the toughest of times.
God is Love
Incomparable, part 3. Looking at 1 John 4: God reveals his love through his identity, incarnation and initiation of relationship with us.
Love our World: Everywhere
Part 4. We’re not just here to have a healthy body, a healthy church, with a loving community. We’re here to love others, to give ourselves and bring life, right to the ends of the earth.