The Word For Today

Our Hope in Jesus is Great Cause to Rejoice!

Greetings! As we come toward the end of a challenging year and set our sights on better things to come in 2021, this Scripture continues to come to mind for me. “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12 ESV It’s certainly been a year filled with tribulation, but the …Read More

The Key to True Hope for Every Australian

Dear friends, The events of 2020 have us hungering for things we’ve previously taken for granted. Like interstate travel—remember when that was a thing? The COVID pandemic has shown how the things we take for granted can change in an instant, and stirring a deep yearning for truth, hope and connectedness in many. I suspect …Read More

God’s Word Gives Hope in Uncertain Times

Dear friends, Have you ever had a Scripture jump off the page like this? 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the …Read More

Reflecting on Stories from Visionathon

Phil, Robbo and Becci reflect on some of the powerful stories that Vision family members shared during Visionathon.

Together, We Can Continue Reaching Our Nation with the Gospel!

Dear friends, I hope you and your family are well in this time of uncertainty and great change. All of us have been impacted, and some have found their world turned upside down, like Carol: ‘Even in recent times with COVID-19, having been stood down and isolated, Vision has been my family.’ What a privilege …Read More

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Be Flexible

‘Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.’ Philippians 2:4 NKJV

When it comes to the truth, you should be unbending. But when it comes to relationships, you must learn to be flexible. If you always need to be in the ‘right’ and to ensure the other person is ‘wrong’, you’ll never enjoy stable, long-lasting relationships. No human being is perfect—apart from Jesus, of course—and it’s not the wrong we do that is most deeply destructive to relationships. It’s the inability to acknowledge that wrong! For relationships to thrive, we not only need to repent of the wrong we do and to correct it, if possible, but to look to God for the grace to change. Relationships are never perfect, but that doesn’t mean we can’t find a way into the fullness of life Jesus promises.

So what should you do? What’s your part in the restoration of a relationship? You must be open to change. You must face the challenge of possible correction, acknowledge the pride that refuses to admit you can be wrong, work through any shame that is an ongoing barrier in the relationship. Make the hard choices needed to reconcile with the other person. And don’t let things stagnate! Always be willing to reassess your relationship to ensure that decisions you’ve made in the past are still a proper fit for your growing maturity.

Do you know what the biggest problem in relationships is? Selfishness! We want to have things our own way. But that’s not the Scriptural way. The Bible says, ‘Let each of you look out not only for his [or her] own interests, but also for the interests of others.’

When you live with that kind of mind-set, you’ll enjoy rich, rewarding relationships.

SoulFood: Gen 25:19–27:46, Matt 18:21–35, Ps 61, Pr 6:16–19