Gold nuggets of truth

Throughout October, I will be blogging a ‘gold nugget of truth’ each day, for this is the month when I celebrate my 30th birthday. I won’t be standing on the birthday box at church, but it’s 30 years this month since I first gave my life to Christ and in thirty years,...

Prayer topic for October

The prayer topic for October is unity of believers.Jesus said, “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and...

Surrender as the pathway to freedom

To close the evening service, we sang the song ‘White Flag’. The title and the theme of the song is obvious: surrender. The symbolism of this surrender is waving a white flag. In military terms, the white flag is an internationally recognised protective...

Freedom through surrender

Tonight we looked at John 8:31-36 TNIV and Galatians 5:1 TNIV, looking at freedom through surrender. The first step to knowing freedom is to acknowledge that there is a problem. The Jews said ‘We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can...

Moving on from unanswered prayer

Unanswered prayer – when we feel that God is not giving us the answers in prayer for which we are seeking – is a difficult area for many Christians to tackle. We know the promises of God regarding prayer, but sometimes our experience seems far removed from...