Did you know that God designed a ‘fail-safe’ for the powerful hero, Samson? But he refused to use the fail-safe and this led to his downfall. Explore how we can apply lessons from the success and failure of Samson.
We have a little boy who is 4 years old. He has taught me many things in his short life time. But one thing parenthood has shown me is the wonder of a father’s love and how it is a reflection of God’s love for us.
You are to have no other gods before me. You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or on the water below the shoreline. You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, ADONAI, your God, am a jealous God…
Exodus 20: 3-5a Complete Jewish Bible
It appears there is some recessive gene in my family, which expresses itself as you get older and makes you very interested in Hebrew word definitions.
It is disconcerting to be turning into older relatives in ways I did not expect but I am glad for it because it lights up the Bible in a whole new way.
The word translated ‘serve’ in the Ten Commandments above is the Hebrew abad which means “to work or serve”.
It is first used in Genesis 2 when humans are told to abad the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 2:5,15)
Historically, God always surprised by doing powerful, miraculous, creative things that challenged, inspired and awed humanity. Do we still expect great things from God? Are we open to the new ways He may be working now?
Do you ever feel like you’re inconveniencing God when you ask for help? Or do you feel like you shouldn’t be asking for help in certain situations? What does God think about our requests for assistance? We will be exploring Mark 2 this weekend to answer these questions.
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.(Colossians 4:6). What does it mean to speak with grace? What does it mean to be “salty” Christians who rightly represent Jesus to others?
Micah had an asthma attack last night. It was around midnight, and he was crying that he couldn’t breathe. I rushed into the room with his inhaler and tried to calm him down so that he could get the ventolin puffs. But he was too distressed to take a good deep breath in. I tried to stay calm, but I was also panicking, because if he didn’t breathe in the much-needed medicine, he could literally run out of breath.
A few days ago, I was invited to attend a lecture hosted by The University of Melbourne Alumni (as a guest; I am not an alumni). I was reluctant at first because it would be presented by a professor from the School of Physics.
Part 2 of the series on how the 3 Angels’ Messages in Revelation 14 relate to us today.
We are facing an energy crisis in today’s society – not just in terms of the energy resources of our planet, but a personal energy crisis – where demand in our lives is increasingly outweighing our capacity to give. By looking at the life of Jesus, we can find principles on how to live a balanced life between work and rest. Guest speaker Hannah Andrykanus