Frequently when thinking of the Father's love we start and stop at the cross and the story of redemption but his love doesn't stop there, his love is revealed in his concern and care for our down to earth, everyday lives - he is truly, the good, good Father, who knows how to care for his … Continue reading How the Father loves us
Category: Commitment
Encountering the Father’s Embrace
Many know in their heads that God is love, that he loves them, but fail to experience what that really means. Because of negative or bad human experiences of 'father' they cannot understand or fully realise Father God's embrace of his children. Perhaps their experience was performance oriented, passive - present but indifferent, authoritarian, abusive, … Continue reading Encountering the Father’s Embrace
Seasons come and seasons go
In the transition from spring to summer I have found myself once again reflecting on the seasons and how they impact on life and how that for many in our urban, industrialised world, they don't really mean anything or they are not understood - the world we live in in one sense has no need … Continue reading Seasons come and seasons go
The Ascension – our reconnection with the Father
Another truth tied to the Ascension is the reuniting of our humanity with the Fatherhood of God. Jesus said, "I am returning to my Father and your Father." (John 20:17). Because of humanities rebellion we had become alienated from God, from the very intimacy we were created for and so many crave and look for … Continue reading The Ascension – our reconnection with the Father
The Ascension – the Forgotten Event
We make a lot of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost, but sadly the Ascension takes a back seat. Yet without the Ascension we have an incomplete gospel, and an uncertain hope. In the ascension we see the continuing life and victory of Jesus, without it we would have to assume that he died a second time. … Continue reading The Ascension – the Forgotten Event
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