Short prayers are best they come without imposing conditions on God. Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com I used to be in awe of people who could stand up in a prayer meeting and pray long eloquent prayers. Petitions to god flowed from their lips like liquid. These people obviously had a better relationship with …
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Be His Instrument – BeautyBeyondBones
This I found inspiring. It as in my inbox this morning. It is about the radical transformation that a relationship with Jesus brings. Please follow the link and read. After pulling an all nighter, things come into FOCUS! #catholic #christianity Source: Be His Instrument – BeautyBeyondBones
Superhero
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 4th October 2020 The week after the busy week I have just had is always a difficult one due to my disability. Plenty of pain and a lack of sleep are what I have until I get a chance to rest properly. Picking up my granddaughter from school three times …
The judgement of God
Reconciling God's judgement and God's grace God's judgement means that sin will not go unpunished.God's grace means that we do not get what we deserve.God's love means that we are all cared for. How do we reconcile these things? God’s judgement. God's judgement has traditionally been seen in terms of Hell fire, I have no …
You were there all along — Psalm 124
Don't look back in anger This is an invitation to look back at the troubles you have been through and see that when you thought you were alone, God was there all along.. Psalm 124 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 If the Lord had not been on our side – let Israel say –2 if the Lord had not been on our …
I was sent to finish the race
Perseverance Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday, 28th June 2020 This week I missed going to my life group. All I needed to do was to simply click on a link in Whatsapp and I would have been in the Zoom meeting, but I simply forgot. I have no excuse. There had been a change to …
Getting your rant on — Psalm 120
Don't let them gaslight you At the beginning of the year, after reading through the Bible twice in two and a half years, I felt that this year was to be one of prayer and worshipping God. One of the things I decided back then to do, once the major festivals of the year were …
A time for groaning?
The coming of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit has the power to change your life. It is the Holy Spirit's job to produce Christ-like character in you. This process of changing us to be more like Jesus is called sanctification. You can't reproduce the character of Jesus on your own or by your own …
Does God love in the same way that humans love?
Does God love in the same way that humans love? No. That's it, the end. Shortest blog yet. Only that question begs other questions ... ... Does God the Father love us in the same way as He loves Jesus the Son? If someone had asked me this question last week I would say no. …
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Living our faith
God equips us Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 24th May 2020 I shouldn't be here. That's the third time I have started a blog about the Sunday service with those four words. The first was on April 26th, the trip to Belfast to celebrate our wedding anniversary had to be cancelled. Then on May 3rd …
Making an ass of myself 