My Favourite Christian Parenting Books: Part 3 – Growing
A while ago (3 years ago in fact!) I wrote this post about my favourite parenting books that are written about the stage that spans from thinking about having children to birth itself. Now...
Living To Please God Blog
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If Ever There was a Time to Pray for our Rulers…
Following our EU referendum and David Cameron’s resignation we’re faced with a shortlist of candidates for the role of Prime Minister of the UK. Whoever wins will have the difficult responsibility of navigating us...
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How to Not Let Your Serving Become Stale
My son recently started leading worship at a new Sunday afternoon service we are doing in a different area and it is a fun and exciting thing for him to do. However I was...
The Importance of Spiritual Retreats
A few days after I’d written my last post, ‘What I Loved About Creation Fest 2015’, I realised that I had missed something. One of the greatest things about it, which I didn’t realise...
What I Loved About Creation Fest 2015
A little over a week ago I came back from a great time at Creation Fest, which is a free Christian Music Festival and Bible Week held in Cornwall, UK. The first one I...
30 Reasons To Love God’s Commands
I was reading the longest chapter in the Bible the other day – Psalm 119 – and was struck by this phrase: ‘Your testimonies also are my delight‘. I thought, “Do I really delight...
Do You Realise Your Influence?
We were talking recently in our home Bible study group about our mission to know God and make Him known. But we often miss the fact that our biggest influence is not at work,...
Three Reasons to Give to Others
Some people seem to be naturally giving – one of our kids will happily give away most of his bank account if he thinks it’s for a good cause. But for others it is...
Setting Boundaries to Stop Your Children Getting Out of Control
If you are a parent you will probably know how frustrating it is when children have gone a bit wild and start picking things off supermarket shelves or other craziness! There is a technique...
15 Posts on Quiet Times, Bible Reading & Prayer
Do you have a firm grip on your devotional life and time with God every day? Many Christians don’t, and I am convinced that this is the main reason why so many of us...
Beware Of The Evil Day
The place you can see in this photo always has a fascination for me, with fear mixed in. It’s a long causeway called the Afsluitdijk that acts as a dam across an inlet of...
Can Reading Your Bible Be Legalistic?
For a few years now I have heard people saying that they don’t want to be legalistic about reading their Bible, so instead of reading through it systematically they might do something like opening...
My Top 5 Missionary Biographies
One of my friends recently asked me what were my top 5 missionary biographies, so I thought I may as well post it on here! Missionary Biographies have been so important in my life....
