Who do you depend on?

If I depend on others for everything, then I will only be disappointed in the long run. If I depend on myself, then I will be equally frustrated. If I put my trust in my company, career, organisation or even church, then I am likely to be let down. However, when I rest my life in the hands of God, then I will be eternally blessed and content.

"When we depend on organisations, we get what organisations can do;
when we depend on education, we get what education can do;
when we depend on man, we get what man can do;
but when we depend on prayer, we get what God can do." - A.C. Dixon

So who are you depending on today?

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Olympic verse

As we approach the beginning of the London Olympics, athletes are wrapping up their final preparation. These athlete's will use all kinds of personal techniques to get prepared and focused on their targets. Getting their minds right will be as important as getting their bodies prepared.

Perhaps a verse that we may want to use today in our own spiritual journey's is this one:

"I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:13-14


May God help you in your thoughts, actions and words today.


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Text version of the Lord's Prayer

We are busy doing a preaching series on Prayer and we came across this version of the Lord's Prayer written in 'text' (sms) format. The best way to read it is to do this:

1. Recite the version of the Lord's Prayer you know first.
2. Then read this version.

"dad@hvn, ur spshl. we want wot u want &urth2b like hvn. giv us food & 4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz. don't test us! save us! bcos we kno ur boss, ur tuf & ur cool 4 eva! ok?"

It took me a bit of time to get my head around it, but I guess the new generation of Christians may find something catchy in this version.

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Prayer changes us

It is stating the obvious to note that when we pray we hope that something happens. We pray, trusting that God will intervene in our lives, give us guidance, bring us healing, change things - we pray hoping that God will act. However, we need to remember that prayer also changes us. The time we spend in the presence of God refines our desires, motives and perspective. If we pray, without expecting something to change within us, then we pray with wrong motives.

"Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness." - William Cary


So, pray today until something happens...

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Upside down tree

Josh and Kim were travelling to school the other morning when he asked her, "Mommy, why are those trees upside down?" Kim was a little confused and asked him to show her which trees he was referring to. When she saw the trees she noticed that they were not upside down, but that they had just shed all their leaves. They looked upside down, but it was merely the bare branches showing.

Sometimes things may look upside down, but perhaps they are not. Perhaps they are the right way up, but just look a little different from our perception.

Any thoughts?

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Mandela in words

Nelson Mandela has been honoured in so many ways for his 94th birthday. I thought I would do something I love to order to honour his influence on the world - that is allowing a few of his quotes to speak for themselves.

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.” 

 “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” 

 “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” 

Happy 94th Birthday Nelson.

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Oh my....

"Oh my!"
That was my reaction when I was reading through a book on pray today. There was a little poem on one of the pages. See what your reaction is to this:

"Said the Robin to the Sparrow:
'I should really like to know,
Why these anxious human beings
Rush around and worry so?'

Said the Sparrow to the Robin:
'Friend, I think it must be,
That they have no heavenly Father
Such cares for you and me!"

Oh my!
Is this us? Have we forgotten that God promised to take care of us? As Jesus said - "are we not more valuable to God than the birds of the air?"

May God grant you his peace today

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