Content relating to the revelation of Christ, Christ and His Church, His Body – as the Eternal Purpose of God fulfilled in the church displaying His manifold wisdom to powers & principalities through Christ. Eph 3:10.
These are photos of our olive tree. We didn’t plant the olive tree. It was here before our time. We have never had access to an olive tree before and subsequently have never educated ourselves on how to harvest or cure olives. As you would know, olives are used for consumption as well as for their oil. When we realised we had an olive tree, there were only a few very green olives showing. After some online research I discovered…
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool (Isaiah 1:18, NIV). Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy–(Jude 1:24 Berean version). Let us rejoice and celebrate and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb…
Sorry I’ve been quiet for a couple of weeks but we’ve had two different families from NSW staying with us over the last two long weekends for Easter and now Anzac Day. We’ve had an awesome time and have been kept very busy with site-seeing, hanging out, walking the dog and entertaining the kids, and lots of eating! However, I wanted to post my final contribution to the 3rdrace.org series on the Lord’s Eternal Purpose, which for the month…
Please click on the below link to pop over to my latest post on The Body of Christ where the folk at 3rdrace.org continue the series on God’s Eternal Purpose. For the month of March we are focusing on God wanting a Body for His Son. Enjoy! 3rdrace.org – don’t lose your head
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number…” (Genesis 1: 28) I have never had children of my own. It’s not because I haven’t wanted to; the timing was just never quite right. At times I have really wanted to start a family. As I was preparing to write this post and contemplated the question of why God wanted a family, I asked myself ‘why did I want a family?’ In answering that question, I…
For the month of January, the awesome dudes on 3rdrace.org blogged about ‘God’s House’. It was part of a series they’re doing pertaining to God’s Eternal Purpose – (God having an ultimate intention, desire and passion for obtaining a house and a family for the Father, a bride and a body for the Son and a temple for the Holy Spirit). For the month of February they are focussing on God’s desire for a ‘Family’ as the next part in this series and I will be…
This is a question I’ve pondered many times in my life. As I’m getting to know the Lord, I’m coming to understand that there is a reason behind every aspect of Him even if I don’t know what it is yet. Every part of Jesus’ life on earth and every part of everything that God does, points us back to Himself in some way. So ever so briefly this morning, I pondered again, why did Jesus die at age 33? So…
Sometimes when I imagine what the gospel sounds like to someone who’s never heard it before, I guess it would sound a little like a comic book, like science fiction. Accepting that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came into time from outside of time, Eternity, and saved the human race sounds like a science fiction movie. An awesome one, at that. But do we realise it is the original and authentic, historically true and eternal reality from which all…
There seems to be a recurring theme coming up and staring at me lately and its the theme of simplifying our lives for Jesus. Now, that might sound like some kind of ‘Jesus People’ slogan (what’s wrong that anyway?) but it is really quite a profound call to God’s people, in my opinion. It’s a call for the church to let go of the materialism and pull of the spirit of this world and to live simpler lives that are…
Please view this 3.25 minute clip before reading on. The other weekend at our gathering of saints, we were sharing about God’s unlimited creativity and reflecting on how Christ is God’s unlimited expression. As we were all sharing aspects of the Lord, which was such a beautiful experience, the Spirit reminded me of the above clip I had viewed a few years back, which I hadn’t thought of since. When God reminded me of this I was moved to tears at…