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...
Category: sin
Moving on After Failure
This is something we heard in yesterday’s sermon, called ‘Recovering from Setbacks.’ The Israelites tried to attack a city and failed because someone in their camp had hidden sin. But when they dealt with...
How We Cooperate with Satan’s Tactics
In our girls group at church we have started going through the book, Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Dannah Gresh. It makes a really interesting read and is practical and...
Sin Hinders God’s Work in Our Life
I wonder if we really think about the possible consequences when we sin? If the sin is major we probably do, as most probably it will have consequences that naturally follow in this life. But...
On Peer Pressure and Causing Others to Stumble
My stepson Josh from America (I’m not a wicked stepmother, really!) is staying with us for 6 months and wrote something recently which I thought would be good to post on here: Rhoda and...
A Verse to Memorise: Confess Your Sins
This is a really important verse to know: If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 When we...
The Effect of Sin on our Prayers
I was listening to Charles Stanley preach on prayer from Nehemiah and he started talking about how sin in our lives can affect our prayers and quoted this Psalm: If I had cherished sin...
3 Ways to Take Control of Your Thoughts
Our sinful words and actions all start out from what is going on in our mind. And that is why it is so key to do what the Bible says: ‘Bringing every thought into...
Take Responsibility – When Life Doesn’t Go as You Expect #5
After I shared my story of learning to trust God through not getting into my university course, my dad pointed out that I wasn’t without blame. And he was right. I was so keen to...
Eating Too Much – Food for Thought
Most people agree that eating too much is bad for you, since at the very least you can get indigestion, and possibly a lot more! In our Western culture we tend not to think of it...
