What happens when a couple is divorced and one parent wants their son to live as a girl, but the other doesn’t? That’s exactly what is happening currently in Texas.
Month: November 2018
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 24–25:18 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you [...]
What This Test Is About
‘These trials will show that your faith is genuine.’ 1 Peter 1:7 NLT The tests we face reveal both our weaknesses and our strengths. When the Bible speaks of ‘a refiner’s fire’ (Malachi 3:2 NIV), we’re inclined to think of the negative things God wants to remove from our character. But we also have inner [...]
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 20–23 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again [...]
Don’t Lose Your Passion
‘He saw the joy ahead of Him.’ Hebrews 12:2 GWT Concerning Jesus, the Bible says: ‘We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of Him, so He endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought Him… Think about Jesus… so that you don’t [...]
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 17–19 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and [...]
Get Up And Try Again
‘Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:10 NIV To succeed in life you need two things: (1) The right people. Sometimes the first step towards getting out of discouragement is finding somebody who can lift [...]
You Could Have Been: The Children’s Book Written For Grieving Parents
When Ann-Maree Imrie lost her first baby 7 months into her pregnancy, her whole world crumbled. At a time when she should have been celebrating the arrival of her firstborn, instead she was giving birth to a little boy with no heartbeat.
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 13–16 18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am [...]
Look For A True Friend
‘A real friend sticks closer than a brother.’ Proverbs 18:24 NLT One day two cows looked over a fence and saw these words on a passing milk truck: ‘Pasteurised, Homogenised, Vitamin A added.’ One cow said to the other, ‘It makes you feel a bit inadequate, doesn’t it?’ Seriously, is that how you feel today? [...]
Laughter: Is it Really the Best Medicine?
Recent scientific discoveries claim that laughter reduces pain, increases job performance, connects people emotionally, and improves the flow of oxygen to the heart and brain.
It reduces pain and allows us to tolerate discomfort.
It reduces blood sugar levels, increasing glucose tolerance in diabetics and nondiabetics alike.
It can improve your job performance, especially if your work depends on creativity and solving complex problems.
The Bible – What Part Does it Play in Your Business?
No one is required to own, read, or believe the Bible…but people buy it in droves. The Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.
So, if the Bible continues to be the best-selling book worldwide every year…
- Have you read it (from cover to cover)?
- What is your favourite passage(s). . . Why?
- What part does it play in your business?
Life to the Full – For Today and Future Generations
Don’t you love the innocence of kids? They play, they explore. Their minds haven’t yet been shaped by the cares of this world and the thinking that so often holds us adults back.
At times we see ourselves in our children and grandchildren, and long for them to have the same opportunities we enjoyed, or to avoid the things that caused us harm.
But the thief is doing all he can to steal the hope of today’s and future generations.
How To Receive ‘A Double Portion’
‘Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.’ 2 Kings 2:9 NKJV In the Old Testament, ‘Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.” So he said, “You have asked [...]
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 10–12 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas [...]
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Luke 1:26–56 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, [...]
Put God To The Test!
‘Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter.’ Malachi 3:10 NET God is a meticulous planner. For example, He scheduled a banquet called ‘the marriage supper of the Lamb’ around two thousand years in advance (see Revelation 19:9). He instructed Noah to [...]
Curt Anderson Wants to Keep Falling
Curt Anderson grew up in the small town of Ithaca, Michigan, dreaming of a music career. He’s just wrapped up a tour of Australia for his new album, so his dream definitely came true. But in his new hit single, Keep Me Falling, Curt reminds himself not to lose perspective on that dream. In the [...]
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 7–9 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 Therefore they could not believe. For [...]
Avoid ‘Foolish Speculations’
‘As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be.’ Luke 17:26 NKJV If you had a doctor whose diagnosis was wrong as often as the predictions of some Bible prophecy experts, would you trust him or take the medication he prescribed? One ‘expert’ sold millions of books in which he predicted the [...]
Same-Sex Marriage Vote: One Year On
One year on, it’s worth us reflecting: what has changed over the last 12 months? And how might we act in this new environment?
A Kosher Mouth
Proverbs 18:20-21, ‘With the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied; he’ll be satisfied with the product of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.’ The word Kosher actually means ‘clean, pure, proper or lawful’. It became common [...]
The One Thing Men Can’t Talk Openly About. But What if We Did?
When it comes to fertility, there’s one thing that men won’t talk about with each other…
Why Believe? In the End, Christianity Rises or Falls on These Two Things
Some days I wonder why I am a Christian. In a secular age, it isn’t great for your career and some countries, claiming the faith can literally sign your death sentence. This is why I believe…
Today’s Soulfood Readings
Genesis 4–6 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has [...]