by Julie Turner | Jul 22, 2018 | What's Happening
V is for Vision – Spiritual vision is the ability to see the invisible. It involves having an eternal perspective so that we’re not seduced by what we see all around us, but learn to ask God to open our eyes, even as Elisha prayed for his servant, so that he...
by Julie Turner | Jul 22, 2018 | What's Happening
Q is for Quietness – a desperately missing ingredient in today’s hectic, busy, noisy lifestyle. Ps 46:10 reminds us to ‘be still and know that I am God’ and Is 30:15 says, ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is...
by Julie Turner | Jul 22, 2018 | What's Happening
I is for Imagination – God is a creative God (see Genesis 1) and we are made in His image. God wants to do for us so much more than we ask or imagine (Eph 3:20), and a sanctified imagination is one of the ways that God breathes faith into us and allows us to see...
by Julie Turner | Jul 22, 2018 | What's Happening
Having reached the end of our ‘essential ingredients’ for a life of faith, we looked tonight at all 26 ingredients which help us to grow on our journey towards God. A is for Adore – adoration of God who is the Alpha and Omega (Rev 1:8) is the start...
by Julie Turner | Jul 13, 2018 | What's Happening
These three psalms (Ps 123-125) take us on a journey from scorn to security, with God’s help (succour) the thing that makes all the difference. Ps 123:3-4 talks of contempt and ridicule, synonyms of which include scorn, disdain, disrespect, derision and mockery. This...
by Julie Turner | Jul 13, 2018 | What's Happening
Ps 123-125 give us the second group of three psalms in the Psalms of Ascent, dealing with troubles and trials, God’s help and protection and the deliverance we ultimately will receive from Him. Psalm 123 talks of the contempt and ridicule faced by believers from those...
