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 Waiting Well (Proverbs 16)

Is waiting good?  Actually, not the waiting but how you wait?  Did this page take a second too long to load? Did your drive through have a queue? Are you tapping your hand because they haven’t texted back yet?  Is your COVID result taking.. well it is isn’t it! How...

 Humility first (Proverbs 15)

Fame and followers. I’m probably going to sound a little old here but I’ll risk it! Growing up I’m not sure I knew anyone who wanted to be famous. Today being a ‘YouTuber’ or an Instagram ‘influencer’ is a real goal for many. The yardstick for success? Not the quality...

 Finding True Security (Proverbs 14)

Security - it’s a strange concept at one level. When you have it you’re unaware of it. When you’re aware of not having it you crave it desperately. The ideal would be to know you need it, actually have it, and then be confident enough in it that it doesn’t...

 Wise friendship (Proverbs 13)

Who are your friends? I guess it’s a bit redundant asking this on Facebook as it will immediately become clear who your ‘friends’ are by clicking on the list. The question beyond that is.. ‘are they really?’ I mean that list has been growing over the past 5 - 10...

 The Path of life (Proverbs 12)

Where are you headed? What if we pushed out the horizon beyond the obvious answer - “to the shops,” “up the coast,” “back to work”? What if we asked where your life was headed?  Some of us might baulk at that sort of scope but it’s worth pondering. Where are...

02 NOVEMBER 2021

 Protection – Zechariah 2

We put in our alarms, video cameras, movement sensors, security doors.. and all rightly! But there’s a true home for the people of God with perfect protection and perfect security. “While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him and said to him:...

 Two doors, two prayer meetings – one God. Acts 12

Peter faces two closed doors in this story. The first is the closed door of the prison where he has been placed to stop the spread of the message of Jesus. This could have been the end of Peter. There were four squads of soldiers guarding the cell and he...

09 AUGUST 2021

 The Head of the Body – Acts 9

Jesus is the head of the Church and the Church is His body.  So Paul tells the Colossians, “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.” (Colossians 1:18...

04 AUGUST 2021

 Degrees vs Apprentices – Acts 4

How much do we value education? I remember (pre ministry) one of my days was spent helping HR sift through a desk of resumes for a graduate position. We were asked to look for the number on their HSC (back when that was a thing) and their grade average in...

03 AUGUST 2021

 A bigger plan than yours – Acts 3

Everyone would love their church to grow. We’d love to see a crowd come running. We’d love miracles to be happening every week. But what would we say when they come?  “You’re welcome!” “Feel at home!” “Stay for morning tea.” “No rush to figure God stuff out we’re just glad...