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I read this quote, yesterday, and it stopped me in

I read this quote, yesterday, and it stopped me in my tracks...

“As we waste our breath complaining about life, let's remember that someone is breathing their last” Unknown

All too often we can get caught up in our circumstances, other people's lives, politics, COVID news, or just life in general and we end up complaining about everything and anything

Yet, this week, God has been speaking to me about “Ruach Elohim” - the breath (or Spirit) of God

As Christians, we know that God spoke (or breathed) things into being. In the book of Proverbs, there are so many Scriptures about the power of our tongues (in other words...what we speak...ruach...breath)

There is so much to be thankful for. No matter how small it might seem. The fact that we woke this morning is a blessing in itself

Friends, let's pause and reflect on our thoughts and our conversations. There was a time when the Israelites grumbled in their tents rather than focusing on what the Lord had planned for them. Jesus left us with two commands - love God, and also, to love others. If we are complaining then can we say we are doing these things?

Yet, the thing that sticks in my mind is for those people who would give anything to be well, as they take their last breath

“Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.” Psalm 106:25

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Sarai and I talked last night, whilst she was gett

Sarai and I talked last night, whilst she was getting ready to go to bed, but she paused after I answered a question she had regarding eternity.

She couldn't get in her mind around eternity having an eternity past, eternity present and eternity future. Therefore, she said that it was too big for her to comprehend, but then she paused to think about it some more.

I too thought about this for a while, because right or wrong, I have always classed eternity past as God and satan at war, eternity present as being the world we now live in, and eternity future when the new Jerusalem will be created.

Yet, Holy Spirit had me pause at eternity future to think about the plans that God has for us. Later in the evening, I came across a quote from Andy Stanley, and it blew my mind at the thought of what part we play in God's purpose for humanity.

You see, we all know that God created us with a purpose, for a purpose. In other words, we aren't here by luck, or chance etc. etc. It's more that, in eternity past, God planned for us, to have His Son save us, from “sin”, so that we would then play at a part in eternity future.

However, what got me was that when we walk with God and trust Him with our lives, we will fulfil all the things that He had planned, so that eternity future will then be affected by us.

“He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10

Can you imagine all those people who have changed the course of history (as we know it) realising that what they did could affect us long into what will become the new heaven and earth?

Friends, I don't know about you, but I don't just want to change the world for Jesus, I want to fulfil all that God has planned for me because then, through faith and obedience, my life will have lasting effects into eternity future. We need to set our sights on more than “just” this world.

Colossians 3:2 talks about thinking of heaven not the things of earth, and I firmly believe that this is part of the reason why

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I felt this morning to simply put out a reminder f

I felt this morning to simply put out a reminder for us all, as sometimes we forget the most profound things

God's love is the very source of all human love. We can love ourselves, and others, because He loved us first.

Friends, love truly does have the victory, because God is at the centre of it all.

May you, therefore, bless another person today by showing God's love and kindness through your prayers or actions. Or more importantly, today, love yourself.

“We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” 1 John 4:16
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Over the weekend, as Kieren was driving, I aimless

Over the weekend, as Kieren was driving, I aimlessly scrolling through social media, when I came across a post from a friend who was asking her readers questions to reply about themselves, and I paused.

One of the questions was what do you love most about yourself? But, as I pondered this (I had a lot of years of hating who I was and the body I was in), it shocked me that I began typing a reply and I pressed “send” before I had a chance to second-guess myself. Then I just starred at my answer:

“The stretch marks on my stomach because they remind me of God's goodness”

Like what? What happened to the usual answers of “my smile” or “my eyes” etc. Plus, I then felt very vulnerable for the next few minutes before the Holy Spirit spoke to me

I was reminded of all the battles I have faced within my lifetime, and all the different scars that my body has because of them (too many operations, being attacked by a dog, abusive relationships etc.) but then the Holy Spirit showed me that the stretch marks represent a reminder to me of God's goodness and His faithfulness of the miracles that occurred during those nine months

I used to hate my stretch marks (as I think most people do) but if you have read my book “Life’s Greatest Battles” I talk about Kieren kissing the battles scars on my stomach and how they represent something significant in my Christian walk

The Holy Spirit then spoke to me the Scripture from Galatians:

“From now on, don’t let anyone trouble me with these things. For I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus.” Galatians 6:17

Friends, I understand that Paul was talking about the persecution he faced, and the scars of those times. However, for me at that second, this Scripture spoke to me so profoundly because God gave me a baby when medicine told me I could not, and therefore, my scars represent the fact that I belong to Jesus

There will be times in our lives when the world will tell us that what we desire is impossible, but I want this to be a reminder, that the battles we sometimes must face, will become a memory that God stood by our sides and we became victorious!

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