Category: Mindset

  • Comfort Comfort

    I think its true to say that we all would choose comfort over discomfort!  I know I do. 

    For some of us our comfort comes in the form of a recliner chair with remote control in hand and our favourite beverage. For others it is comfort food such as chocolate or a big bowl of ice-cream drizzled with your favouirte topping and sprinkled with chocolate bits. For still others it’s the warm embrace and hugs of from people who stick with you. For others it’s the security of employment.

    These thing may indeed bring comfort. However Isaiah 40:1-11 suggest, that our true comfort, is found;

    Firstly in the truth that we are identified by God as His people (40:1) despite our incompatible behavoiour that deserves punishment. God intends that we will have a future together. (more…)

  • The need for burning conviction in the goodness of God

    Without a conviction of God’s goodness, it’s not possible to develop the clear focus and the strength of faith to pursue the breakthroughs that the earth itself aches for. 

    How we see Him defines how we think and how we live. The way we understand Him is the way we will re-present Him. 

    When I talk about the goodness of God and His greatness displayed in Jesus, I don’t forget that He was also the one who chased the moneychangers out of the temple with a whip. This, too, is love, as Jesus hates whatever misrepresents the Father! The religious leaders of His day used their position for personal gain instead of in service of the people. In the same way, it is a misrepresentation of the Father to say He permits sickness to discipline us. This is not true any more than it is to say He uses sin to discipline His children. For sickness is to my body what sin is to my soul. It’s time for those moneychangers to get chased out of the temple. (more…)