Walking with Jesus
Wisdom is understanding that our words matter. That’s why I wrote about rightly defining words earlier this week and more importantly, it’s why the Bible tells us that “the tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21). Prophecy has two main components to it. […]
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God’s Kingdom is so different to the natural world. The first are last (Mat 20:16), He chases after the one (Mat 18:12-14), we die to live (Rom 6:8) for example. It’s no different with walking with Him. With everyday physical walking, we look around us, get a clear picture of where we are going and […]
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What does it mean to walk with God? I’m not sure I fully know, but I do know it includes hearing His voice, valuing His voice and correcting our steps as a result. Psalm 119:105 says that “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path”. His word keeps us from […]
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In Genesis 5:24 we read that Enoch walked with God. His 365 years are summed up for us in just a few words. Adam and Eve, in the garden, walked with God each day, before sin broke that routine. In Genesis 5 we read that so and so lived and who their heir was, and […]
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God’s word is power. Paul says its the Holy Spirit’s Sword (Ephesians 6:17). So when we ‘hide’ God’s word in our hearts (Psalm 119:11), Holy Spirit can, at the right time, use one of those words, to destroy wrong thinking in our lives, to attack the corrupt ideas of our culture that are sometimes so […]
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“You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life” – Jesus (John 5:39-40) When reading the Bible we can make two great errors. The first is to consider it, just […]
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Matthew 4:17 – From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” Over the last few years, a lot of words seem to be losing their original meaning. Words being redefined for political purposes, or others just out of time and ignorance. Either way, we should reclaim any […]
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