Psalm 86 verse 5 (NIV) But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow in anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Abound. This week I have been thinking about the word, abound and abounding. Its not a word I hear used in conversation often but you will find it in the Word of …
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Devotional | God will finish what He has started
Philippians Chapter 1 verse 6 (NIV)..being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. It feels like the word completion has more meaning attached to it right now. In a few days, on Tuesday the 2/12/2025, my husband and …
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Devotional | A bouquet of grace
Hebrews 4 verse 16: (NIV) Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. For some reason, grace, in it’s many forms, has turned up in my world in big and little ways recently. I guess grace …
Devotional | “Do you want to get well?”
John Chapter 5 verses 1-15 (NIV). It was a day like every other day, for the past 38 years. Lying by the pool, along with a great number of other invalids, all hoping to get into the pool of Bethsaida, was a man who needed help. Up until this day, his only hope was to …
Devotional | Cleansed and Covered
Cleansed and covered 1 John 1 verse 9 (NIV) If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness What a mess! Over 40 years ago, I was newly married and working as a nurse on night duty one night. Somehow, I …
Devotion | Don’t yield to your fear!
Luke Chapter 1 verse 28-31 The Passion Translation Verse 28 Gabriel appeared to her and said “Grace to you, young woman, for the Lord is with you and so you are anointed with great favor.” Verse 29 Mary was deeply troubled over the words of the angel and bewildered over what this may mean for …
Devotional | Reinstated
Recently, my husband and I headed north without Google maps guiding us. We have travelled that way many times but somehow, we ended up taking a wrong turn. Hence we lost some ground making our trip slightly longer. Turning Google maps on helped to re-orientate us. It was frustrating knowing that although we were familiar …
Devotional | Even if
Becoming resolute in faith Patuna Chasm in the Wairarapa in New Zealand was a local walk I had been wanting to do for years. However, not just any walk. Full of beautiful scenery, bush, a river to cross, banks and paths to go up and down, hills to climb, it was a huge step of …
In all things, God works for our good
Romans 8 verse 28 (NIV)And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose I’ve been very challenged of late to think about things that happen in life e.g failure- through a different lens- namely God’s. Like an old long …
Devotion | God is Able
Songs can bring such encouragement to fortify and strengthen us. A new song we are learning in church has a tag with the words You’re not done with me yet, there’s so much more to the story….The words “You’re not done with me yet” move me in my spirit. In the deepest part of me, …