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(Whether a parent yourself, or a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, a neighbor, a teacher, a scout leader, or whatever your role in the lives of the children around you, this important series will give you valuable tips on how to influence those kids for the Lord! To...
In last week's lesson on the gates of Jerusalem, we saw that the second gate mentioned, the Fish Gate, speaks to us evangelism. The reason the Fish Gate is mentioned after the Sheep Gate is that the first thing God wants us to do once we've accepted His gift of...
Dealing with grief is perhaps one of the hardest things that we, as humans, must do. Grief may be rooted in a death or illness, or it may be rooted in a loss, such as the loss of support, the loss of a spouse through divorce, the loss of a job, or even the feelings of...
Last week, in The Wilderness Experience, Part 2, we discovered that the devil will always hit us up with temptation when we are at our weakest. He generally badgers us with one temptation right after another, and one of his favourite, most powerful tools, is doubt. We...
So far in this series, we have learned that Faith is the solution to fear. But where does this faith come from? Most of you will likely have already answered that question in your heads. You are thinking, "Why Faith, like all good things, is a gift of God! It comes...
Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 13A, we discovered that the trickle of water emerging from Ezekiel's temple is a symbol of God's Spirit pouring through us. It then merges with that which pours through other Christians to become a raging torrent that...
"Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him." (Psalm 127:3 NIV) For some parents, the worst fear is having a child who is handicapped. I have often asked the question, how does today's Scripture apply to raising a child with a severe disability? As...
I was contemplating the subject of the favour of the Lord yesterday morning, meditating on the fact that the primary way to earn that favour is to be "blameless" in His site ("… the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is...
Two more "nuggets" now from the World of soccer in our soccer series… Protection… In Football, winning is not only about goal-scoring but also goal-defending! You can bank upon Gordon Banks anytime old timers would say of World's greatest goalkeeper. Old English...
Do you ever wonder why Jesus is taking so long to return? The answer lies in the first book of Joshua: "But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 'Remember the command that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: "The Lord your...
"So the captain came to him, and said to him, 'What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.'" (Jonah 1:6 NKJV) In the Old Testament there is a ship story concerning Jonah. He was a...
"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." (Matt 6:24 NKJV) I was driving down the road the other day listening to sweet music coming...
Jigsaw puzzles have never been my thing. I am blind to the little clues so I empathise with the man reading the Bible when Philip said to him, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he replied, “How can I without someone to guide me?” Yet he was a man who knew...