I think the main verse for reading and meditation says it all: “We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) Our relationship with God begins when He looks at us and says: “I love you!” We just don’t have the right heart in us to turn to Him and beat out a message [...]
I liked Selwyn’s conclusion: “It is so easy for us to be more taken up with the cause of Christ than with Christ Himself, to be preoccupied with the work of God rather than with the God whose work we are called to do. What God longs for more than anything as we travel on [...]
Selwyn introduces the seventh issue that should be addressed on our transformational Christian journey; the development of a rich devotional life. I liked his conclusion: ” … our Lord seeks to lead us into a passionate relationship with Himself. God does not want robotic obedience, but passionate engagement.” Our relationship with Jesus is one built [...]
Selwyn provides an excellent summary of the benefits of repentance. In his list of benefits there is an implied list of questions. However, the core question is this – when you became a follower of Christ, did your life change to the extent that everyone, who had a close relationship with you, notice a difference? Here’s a [...]
I think the question we are constantly asked, one way or another, is ‘who’ or ‘what’ do we trust in, to secure our future? The way we answer this question in this life, determines how we will live in our next life. That is, do we place our trust with family or powerful friends (as [...]
Selwyn uses the words from Hosea 14:1-2 (NIV), as an example of the first steps of repentance: “Return … to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: ‘Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit [...]
A beautiful thing
Today, Selwyn looks at the account of Mary of Bethany, the relevant verses from Matthew Chapter 26 (NIV), follow: “While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as [...]
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