A Heart Untroubled

  I was reading in Exodus this morning during my quiet time.  And Chapter 4:31 reads: " And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped . " It struck me that when we believe God, we can't help but worship him.  When we don't believe God, complaining will be the result.    Think about when the Israelites were free.  They soon stopped believing God's promise to take them to the land overflowing with milk and honey!   They started complaining not worshipping.  We cannot force a heart-response, but we can use what is coming out of our mouth as a diagnostic tool.  If what is coming out of our mouths is praising and worshipping God, we can see that we are believing and trusting God.  If however, we recognise that complaining, moaning and negativity is what's coming out of our mouths, we know it's time to...

A little while back we had a bit of a petrol (gas) crisis here in the UK and one evening I ended up in queue for some.  At one point, three guys from the car ahead of me, jumped out of their vehicle and had to push their car the remainder of the way to the pump.   For them, their car had clearly been running on empty and had finally given up. As I have been chatting to many people, there's a common thread I've found that has been more obvious since the lockdown, and that is that there are a lot of Christians who have been running on empty, the lockdown is the thing that caused them to finally run out of gas.  The bible tells us in Ephesians 5:18 that we are to "be filled with Spirit".   There's a couple of things that are really interesting about that.  Firstly, BE FILLED is a command.  That means as Christian being filled with his spirit isn't an option.  Secondly the verb FILL is a continual action, it's not a one time act, so it could read...

Today is Remembrance Sunday.  It's a time when we remember the lives of those lost in conflicts.   It's a time when we are thankful for the freedoms purchased for us.  Remembering is an important thing. And it's not a new thing. In the bible we read this: Joshua 4:1-7 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying: “Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe, and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge tonight.’ ”Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe; and Joshua said to them: “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his sh...

Well I apologise for the little gap since the last post.  I quite thought I had published, but clearly a blonde moment!   Anyway, back on track today!  My husband and I have been talking a lot about health supplements this week.  Health supplements can be good.  In a modern diet, it's hard to get everything we need nutritionally, but this got me thinking about a spiritual principal.  Supplements are good, but they cannot fix bad habits.  So for example, if you eat rubbish food all day and sit on the couch and watch TV then it doesn't matter how many supplements you take, you're not going to be a healthy person.  The same is true with spiritual supplements.    In the bible we see the Old Testament shows us supplements, but these never had the same power as the real thing.  For example the sacrifices of bulls and goats could never measure up to the blood of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 9:14 (TPT) Yet how much more will the sacred blood ...