To the Cross

Just love this video! Used it at my Rocky Kidz (children afterschool drama group) this year and the children really seemed to connect with God as we performed a beautiful dance to it.

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When Peter saw Jesus walking on water - he stepped out of the boat to walk with him. On taking his eye off Jesus and noticing the increasingly large waves around him Peter began to sink. Peter cried out "Lord save me!" (Greek: Sozo) Similarly when they were in a boat and Jesus was asleep a storm frightened the disciples as the waves poured over the boat. They cried out to Jesus: "Lord save us! - we're going to drown" We will only call out for a saviour when we realise that we need to be saved. John 3: 16 is probably the most famous verse in the Bible. Less famous are the two verses that follow: For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to SAVE the world through him. Whoever believes in (trusts in , clings to, relies on) him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. Like the disciples on the boat we are in need of a saviour to save

mmmm if evolution is true - how come there are so many humans that have been left behind????

Congratulations to all my friend from the United States for their topping their group in the World Cup Football (Soccer). You put England into second place - what's that all about then?

I have been thinking about Peter quite alot recently. His mouth was closed by no other than a servant girl - someone of no authority whatsoever! With a heart full of fear Peter denied knowing Jesus three times. At Pentecost we hear that with a heart full to the brinm of the Holy Spirit Peter was compelled to go out and talk about Jesus - his witness was so powerful that 3,000 people became Christians that day. But would his new resolve last? What if he was brought in front of the authorities - would Peter be silenced once again? Well he didn't have to wait too long before he would find out. In Chapter 3 of Acts we read that Peter full of the Holy Spirit is used by God to heal a lame man and he was dragged in front of the Sanhedrin - the workplace of no other than Annas and Caiphas - the very men who with Judas plotted Jesus' death. If he was going to have his mouth closed it would be now! Instead of being silenced he told them that they were responsible for Jesus' death

Had this sent to me via e-mail:don't know if it is true -hope so! In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days... The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!" The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays..". The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant." The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special obs

Anna Arrowsmith - Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate - is a director of Pornographic movies. She claims to be a ' keen campaigner for women's rights'. Why then is she so willing to exploit women, through the world of pornography? The fact that Liberal Democratic leader Nick Clegg supports her shows that the world of politics is getting seedier and seedier. His comments suggest that her private life does not affect her integrity. Rubbish! Integrity is about the whole person. If she is so willing to exploit women in this way for her own wealth, - what lengths will she go to to get where she wants to be in politics! Anyone who is willing to exploit women should not be able to represent the public in parliament! Christians should take matters like this seriously before casting their vote.

I am disgusted and outraged to find out that Hasbro Waddington sell a Ouija Board 'game' aimed at age 8 to adults. How sick is that? Anyone wanting to protest about this product can do so as follows: Telephone 888-836-7025 or e-mail: consumer_affairs@hasbro.co.uk

I thirst! The desert place: a place of identification Father I thirst In this desert place I thirst I thirst for an understanding of my identity in you If! .. you are .. the Son of God …. he said to me Abba … I do not question your Word You declared me to be your Son But for a deeper understanding of all that means I thirst Entered into human shell Human hands Human feet Human heart Human mind I AM … called to encapsulate all that you are Father I thirst In this desert place I thirst I thirst for a deeper understanding of my identity in you. The desert place: a place of Trial and Temptation Father I thirst In this desert place I thirst I thirst for your righteousness Abba Above al

Yesterday I had an operation on my bowel which had a '1 in 20 chance' (doctor's words not mine!) of resulting in complications. There were a great number of people praying for me. My given Psalm reading for the day (I am following a read the Bible in a year pattern) was Psalm 16: v 1 Keep me safe O God for in you I take refuge v 5 Lord you have assigned me my portion and my cup, you have made my lot secure v 8 I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken v9 therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices: My body will rest secure As I finished my reading my wife brought to me her given readings for the day which she thought was for me - they included Psalm 91: v 9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place no evil will befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling and 1 Peter 3: v 12 the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentitive to their prayer and Job 11 v 18 You will have courage

Images on our tvs from Haiti have disturbed and hurt us and if you are like me cost sleep. One image that did give hope was the sight of Christians worshiping God in the streets. Paul who when whipped and imprisoned and left to rot and die sang praises to God wrote: "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who ...fall asleep (die), or to greive like the rest of men who have no hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13) It is not that we shouldn't grieve but that we shouldn't grieve like those with no hope . Christian hope is a sure hope - a certainty! We have a certain hope because of Jesus' promise that those who trust and believe in Him shall have eternal life. Paul continued: We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep IN HIM. (v14) He died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him (5:10) That is why those people in Haiti are able to worship their Go

Haiti needs our help. We should be as generous as we can.

"To make up your mind that there is a God affirms something tremendously important about being alive. It means that you believe that you do not exist by accident. Someone knows that you are there. Someone decided that you should be there. It was someone's intention that the cosmos in all its vastness and microscopic detail should come into being. That was and is God. Christians reject the view that the presence of humans on this beautiful planet has come about by an unplanned sequence of events. They do not accept that life is merely a phenomenon that overtakes some planets in their dying years. Instead they believe that God always intended that human life, with its capacity for intelligence, goodness and love, should be the climax of a vast plan. We are incredibly fortunate to be part of that plan, because we are alive, and human life is bursting with potential." From Now a Christian.org