We are to put on the whole armour of God across the full spectrum of God’s Word regarding his provision for us. By allowing our minds to be fully renewed by His Word, we can learn to prove His perfect will in our life.

The battle for the Kingdom of God in our lives is always, one way or another, fought, won and lost, in our thoughts and emotions. If you don’t know this or don’t believe this, you are already being defeated in one, or multiple areas of your life!

God doesn't say to be strong in your might or to be strong in your pastor's might. He says to be strong in His might. Instead of thinking, "Look what I've been through, I’m just struggling to keep my head above the water" we need to be thinking "I know I can't do this in my might, I may as well be strong in the Lord!"

Sometimes all we can do or all we should do is to stand back and watch God work on our behalf!

Some people say that God answers your prayer with “yes”, “no”, or “wait”. That is not what the Bible says. The Bible says that effective prayer accomplishes much. God says that a prayer that is offered in faith will be effective.

Before we pray for anything in faith, we need to know God's will. To know God's will, we need to find out what He says in His Word!

Perhaps there has been no more misused passage of scripture. For many, it has become a faith stealer. Nothing can be further from the truth. The truth is empowering and life changing.

The Gospel is good news for our relationships. It’s good news for our relationship with the Father, with each other and with non-Christians.

Keeping our faith switched on is taught in Mark 11:22-24. It’s precisely how God uses faith.

The amazing thing about Rosaria’s saving testimony was that for a decade, Rosaria was ‘hidden in plain sight’, from the Christians in her community. Christians saw her as the ‘enemy’. Except for one elderly Presbyterian minister, who treated her as a loved and valued human being.

The knowledge of God’s call on our life has the potential to transform our lives from an ordinary one to an extraordinary life of joy and purpose.

In the early days of the second Gulf War, a young US private named Jessica Lynch was captured by the Iraqi military.  Most of her squad died in the roadside ambush. The initial reports were that she put up a valiant fight, been shot a couple of times and suffered some severe wounds.

Hosea had been betrayed by his wife, Gomer. He had obeyed God and chosen a wife who was a harlot. For a while, things seemed to go well. However, Gomer’s past gradually returned to haunt her.

The great tragedy is that we can have a ‘head knowledge’ of God’s love for us, but emotional scars and patterns of hurt keep us from living and experiencing the depths of His love.

In John 13, Jesus made one of his most potent demonstrations of how Christians are to love each other when he washed the disciple’s feet. Jesus was demonstrating humility. However, there was much more to Jesus' actions than just a lesson on servanthood. 

In spite of what popular culture says, people don’t just wake up one day and fall out of love. We can fall out of trees, or fall off a ladder, but we can’t fall out of love.

Who’s glad that God never gave up on them?  I sure am. God puts up with a whole bunch of mess from us and still keeps on loving us.

The retelling of one particular event in Jesus' ministry reveals some of the tell-tale signs of that raw, often unrefined trust, that throws caution to the wind and realises the potential of God's power.