Faith

‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit, apart from me you can do nothing.’John 15 vs 5A few months ago, my friend Nicola sent me an episode from Danielle Strictland’s Right Side Up Podcast, which quite frankly blew my mind […]

‘Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.’John 15 vs 4A couple of years ago, I sought the Lord in prayer over and over again, asking him to give me a

‘How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?’John 5 vs 44 The above words, spoken by Jesus to the Jewish leaders as they probed him from all manner of angles, have quite rightly always been interpreted as a rebuke of

I yearn to create a being in my image. One that has my heart and spirit. A being that I will love and cherish like no other. I shall give it dominion, joy, love, peace, and an abundance of everything it could ever need. What’s more, it will have the freedom to make its own

‘But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and was filled with compassion for him. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.The son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your

  “The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart of man.” Samuel 16 vs 7As some of you know, I love my running, and usually go for a run four to five times a week. My early morning run

‘One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”‘John 13 vs 23 – 24The phrase, ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ is used six times in John’s gospel, and the general consensus is that the disciple whom Jesus

‘Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’John 5 vs 8I had always understood this verse in the context of the blind man being healed. Jesus asked him whether he wanted to be healed, and in reply, the blind man explained the problem he had been experiencing; mainly that he

“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.Jesus wept. John 11 vs 33 – 35 Unfortunately, due to numerous film scripts and song lyrics, the words

“In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.”Ephesians 1 vs 11You are where you are now because of certain mistakes you made in the past. Just like I’m where I am now because of mistakes I