Tag: trials & temptation

Gehazi wanted to be just like Naaman. He wanted his wealth, his power, and his importance. When he went after those things, he got Naaman’s leprosy too.

When we think about what’s wrong with the world, we can often think of many things. The problem is usually ‘out there’. But how often do we recognise that the real problem is right inside of us?

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.

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”

Grace Shaped Lives, part 5. The body is not disposable, shameful, or spiritually irrelevant. Christianity is not anti-body. God created the body, Christ redeemed the body, the Holy Spirit indwells the body, and one day God will raise the body.

Re-formed, part 10. Take a moment to consider the day between Jesus’ death and resurrection — when the faith of the disciples seemed to be utterly shattered, when they couldn’t see God’s deep work in the darkness, and the silence.

Re-formed, part 8. As the Israelites are taken into exile, we see that God immediately speaks hope and strength back into their lives; and even in the midst of desolation, streams of living water can flow from within them.

We’ve put together a mini-series of videos looking at ‘Treasures of Darkness’, a title we’ve lifted from Isaiah 45.

Re-formed, part 6. This is the question at the heart of Isaiah. The answer is in the section we looked at last week: “In repentance and rest is your salvation; in quietness and in trust is your strength” (30:15)