Devotion: This Designer Doesn’t Offer Discounts

For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:20 NKJV Shopping in a luxury boutique intimidated me, especially on my budget. I usually looked for discounts not designer labels.  I worried about feeling unsophisticated in a shop that sold merchandise I …

Devotion: Where Did The Stars Go?

Devotional by Karen Rees “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Heb. 1:1 I love gazing at the stars, seeing a myriad of tiny lights spangling the black velvet sky. Having grown up on a farm, at night I would see more than I …

DEVOTIONAL: He is the One to praise

He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes – Deuteronomy 10:21 In the blink of an eye, Christmas and New Year has come and gone and February is almost here. By now, most of us have settled into …

A Moment of Doubt, a devotion by Keona J Tann

Early November 2021 I had a real moment of doubt. I am currently attempting my Diploma of Ministry and I received barely a pass on one of my assignments and I felt utterly devastated. Studying has been a real struggle for me on many different levels but I’d put so much effort into my assignment …

DEVOTIONAL: Declare His Glory

Declare His glory to the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples. There is a verse in the book of psalms that I love; Psalm 96:3, ‘declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.’ It’s a verse that gets me thinking. It’s a privilege to know that I get to share …

Where are you getting your nourishment?

A verse that has guided my life is Proverbs 3:5-6 about putting my trust in God. But this year I have been drawn to verses 7-8 which expands on theme: Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.Proverbs …

Grace for today and forevermore, a devotion by Keona J. Tann

Recently I was reading Matthew‬ ‭11:28-30 and within that wonderful passage is an invitation to “learn the unforced rhythms of grace.”‬‬ (The Message)‬ ‬That phrase struck a chord in my heart and I desired to understand what it meant. Grace found 4 ways I discovered that grace can be found in 4 ways:• we can …

DEVOTIONAL: Take God out of the box

Boxing God in. What is your view of God? When you think about God, how powerful is He in your mind? Is He sovereign? Does God seem mighty and all knowing? Or is God more human like? There have been times where I have put God into a neat little box. And the God that …

The message must get through

The Urgent Message The War Is Finished, But Some Are Still Fighting Today is Remembrance Day, celebrated in Australia, UK, New Zealand, USA and other places around the world. The Armistice was signed, apparently, at 5.30am on November 11th 2018, so as to give time for the message to reach the various fronts for a …

Devotional | Irritably Impatient, a devotion by Keona J Tann

As I write this it has been 1,765 days since my Call, it’s been 1,765 days of waiting, 1,765 days looking for things to change, 1,765 days of hoping that the right doors would open, 1,765 days praying that the opportunities would come AND that I could embrace them, that I would be well enough, …