By Neil Anderson Luke 11:17 A house divided against itself falls Satan’s strategy is to use a problem situation to put you and your spouse at odds with each other. Jesus said, “A house divided against itself falls” (Luke… Read More ›
INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
Against All Odds
Amazing and extraordinary things happen to all of us through our journey here on earth; some very good and some very very bad. In January this year I wrote a blog entitled “Consequences”. In that blog I fictionalised a story… Read More ›
PRAISING GOD
by Neil Anderson May 9 Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name Praise and thanksgiving are part of every level of prayer. They are continuous as… Read More ›
THE PROPER USE OF WORDS
By Neil Anderson May 3 Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those… Read More ›
Mysteries; Great and small
WOW! Mysteries – I love em!! – Well sometimes anyway – I must admit that the mysteries of the computer make me frustrated, angry and despairing!! But other mysteries well that’s another matter; the mystery of creation; the universe; the… Read More ›
NEW AGE DECEPTION: New Age Thinking part 2
By Neil Anderson April 19 1 Timothy 2:5 There is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus The fourth unifying factor of the New Age Movement is a cosmic evolutionary optimism… Read More ›
NEW AGE THINKING part one
By Neil Anderson April 18 Psalm 83:18 NIV Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD–that you alone are the Most High over all the earth The New Age Movement is very attractive to the natural… Read More ›
THE POWER OF THE BELIEVER
By Neil Anderson April 14 John 8:32 You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free When I was a boy on the farm, my dad, my brother and I would visit our neighbor’s farm… Read More ›
The Leaning Tower of You
By Greg Laurie Workers laid the foundation for one of Italy’s most famous structures in 1173, a tower designed to stand next to a cathedral. During construction, however, they discovered the soil was softer than previously thought, and the tower… Read More ›
Way way down deep!
Don’t you just love computer viruses?? A few weeks ago – the old laptop started to do strange and amazing things – like not shutting down – then shutting down 1/2 way through something! Then it started dropping things off… Read More ›
THE REALITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD
By Neil Anderson April 11 1 Peter 5:8 Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour Here’s another common misconception about the spiritual world that must be dispelled: What the early church called… Read More ›
CONFRONTING SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION
By Neil Anderson April 10 Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly… Read More ›
A Real Place
By Greg Laurie THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” —Matthew… Read More ›
Got the guilts? You can fix that.
As I get older I am realising more and more just how forgiving My God is. When I look back on my life and see the incredibly stupid decisions and mistakes I have made and how I have botched up… Read More ›
Ignoring The Enemy
By Neil Anderson March 30 Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him There are three ways of responding to the demonic taunts and barbs being thrown at you during your… Read More ›
IS THE RESURRECTION REAL?
Big question! Obviously there are some big and very compelling evidence that Jesus did in fact rise from the dead but first lets go back to the trial of Jesus and have a closer look at what He went… Read More ›
Look At Your Problems In The Light Of His Power
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Genesis 9:13 (ESV) “I have set my… Read More ›
STRONGHOLDS OF THE MIND
By Neil Anderson March 24 2 Corinthians 10:5 We are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ The nature of the battle for your mind is clearly presented in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5: “For though we walk in… Read More ›
Why do I keep on sinning??!!!
At the time of our accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour – we were given the gift of the Holy Spirit. God replaced our old hearts and our old longings which were always rebelling against Him and put inside… Read More ›
Motives
We all have motives! Some good – some bad – What is your motive for following Jesus? I would like to think that my motive was all about love, obedience and gratefulness! We were reading in Phillipians yesterday about how… Read More ›
Hold on – Press on – Hang on tight
“Sometimes life just seems to get the better of me.” Probably we have all heard that statement many times and in many situations. You may have even said it or felt it yourself a number of times as well. Life… Read More ›
THE LIGHT TO OUR PATH
By Neil Anderson February 22 Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path We live in a world where the flip of a switch instantly lightens or darkens a room…. Read More ›
Falling Away…….
Hmm falling away – can we fall away from God? This has been the probably one of the most debated questions of all time and one which I guess each of us has our own definition. From what I have… Read More ›
For Righteousness’ Sake
By Greg Laurie “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” —Matthew 5:10 The great preacher John Wesley was riding along on his horse one day when he realized that… Read More ›
From Worship to War
By Greg Laurie WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believers instead and took them before the city council. “Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,”… Read More ›
More Important Than Food
By Greg Laurie SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 If you want to learn about God and His ways, then learn to study this wonderful book God has given to us, the Bible. It is the user’s manual to life. It tells… Read More ›
Moans and Groans
WOOHOO – what did we do without all of our modern gadgets – How did we manage?? Its so hard to imagine our world fitting into the world of the late 18th and early 19th centuries – without all of… Read More ›
ALMOST NEVER BORN
TWICE SHE ATTEMPTED ABORTION. Birth mom was exposed to German Measels during her first trimester of pregnancy. Birth mom is a cocaine addict. Birth mom is an alcoholic. Birth mom has every V.D. except for HIV. The father of the baby is 40+ years… Read More ›
Consequences
Joe Long killed a man in 1941. The Great war was horrible, terrible and to put it bluntly a bloody slaughter for all involved. To top it all off the 2nd World War was even more terrifying then the Great… Read More ›
FACING A DECISION
by Neil Anderson January 26 Psalm 25:4 NIV Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths In today’s and tomorrow’s devotionals, I would like to share with you 10 questions you’ll want to ask… Read More ›