Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, Psalm 23:6
Children have rights that others do not. I do not need to run after a blessing, the blessing will run after me.
A risk free life is a victory free life. It means a life surrendered to the mediocre, and that is the worst defeat of all.
Too many Christians do not truly believe they were born for greatness. That is why they become settlers.
I do not believe that anyone who is chosen in Christ was saved to simply to be a Sunday morning attender. You were born to do something incredible in this world.
If you believe you were born for greatness it will determine what you see around you and how you react to it. Stepping deeper into all God has for you is all about trusting in someone, his name is Jesus.
A common question that is brought up time and time again within our
churches is this: how do we engage our children in the worship on a Sunday morning?
We recently had a wonderful time at our Bible Week summer conference with the 8-11s. We saw children come into the presence of God, bring powerful prophetic word and heal the sick. There was a real freshness to what we saw. I believe in these days our children will add something fresh to the dynamic of what God is doing amongst us and in our cities.
So where does the responsibility lie on us in seeing this happen? Clearly those leading our meetings play a significant part. However, I believe it is the role of parenting that is key. Here are a few encouragements for those parents who want to see their children come into all God has for them.
Do not be embarrassed to talk with your children about spiritual things. You would be surprised at how many parents actually are. Be real and open with them about the things of God. Let them see that exercising the gifts of the Spirit, hearing God or praying for the sick is part of normal life for a Christian, and not just what the ‘adults’ do on a Sunday morning. Look for consistent opportunity to let them experience these things within everyday life and let them see that life as Christian is the most exciting life you could live.
Secondly, develop an attitude on a Sunday that 'as a family we are going to worship the Lord together'. This is who we are as a family and this is what we do, together. It is not just for mum and dad but it is for me as well. If you allow your child to play games in the corner while worship is taking place they will grow up thinking that church is boring or that it is just for the adults. Some parents will need to develop new habits and disciplines for their children within this area.
And lastly spend time reading the Word with your children. The Word of God is powerful and produces maturity. I believe as you let the Word wash over them, you will be surprised at their rapid spiritual growth and hunger for God.
Do not underestimate your children. They are the ones who will see the things we have longed for in this nation.
Christianity and science are not opposed to one another as many believe. To understand that God is the author and creator of all things means that one is never intimidated by the discoveries of science.
New scientific revelations of that which is truth will always prove that all things were created by him and for him.Despite failing at science during school, I have always had a fascination with the universe, it's vastness, complexity and that of the unknown. For me, it speaks of God's awesomeness, and helps me to understand just a little of how big God is. The following is taken from what i read in this morning's headlines.
Three decades after it was conceived, the world's most powerful physics experiment has sent the first beam around its 27km-long tunnel. The £5bn machine on the Swiss-French border is designed to smash particles together with cataclysmic force. This will re-create conditions in the Universe moments after the Big Bang. "We will be able to see deeper into matter than ever before," said Dr Tara Shears, a particle physicist at the University of Liverpool. "We will be looking at what the Universe was made of billionths of a second after the Big Bang. That is amazing, that really is fantastic."
A key aim of the experiment is to find the Higgs boson. According to their theory, particles acquire their mass through interactions with an all-pervading field carried by the Higgs. Amusingly for us, this has been named by scientists as the 'God Particle'.
The latest astronomical observations suggest ordinary matter - such as the galaxies, gas, stars and planets - makes up just 4% of the Universe. The rest is dark matter (23%) and dark energy (73%). Physicists think the LHC could provide clues about the nature of this mysterious "stuff".
I don't know how God did it but what I do know is this:
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3
He... ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.
Ephesians 4:10
A risk free life is a victory free life. It means a life surrendered to the mediocre, and that is the worst defeat of all.
Three decades after it was conceived, the world's most powerful physics experiment has sent the first beam around its 27km-long tunnel. The £5bn machine on the Swiss-French border is designed to smash particles together with cataclysmic force. This will re-create conditions in the Universe moments after the Big Bang. "We will be able to see deeper into matter than ever before," said Dr Tara Shears, a particle physicist at the University of Liverpool. "We will be looking at what the Universe was made of billionths of a second after the Big Bang. That is amazing, that really is fantastic."
