Spring is here!

Isn't it amazing how we all feel so differently when spring arrives? When the sun comes out all of a sudden we feel good about ourselves and things brighten up.

It's a bit like that when a person becomes a Christian. Life brightens up. The bible says if any one be in Christ they 'are a new creation, old things pass away behold all things become new'.

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Weekly Update

Here I am in the ancient city of Salisbury. The week has flown and I will be heading up the road to Liverpool tonight.

It has been quite an eventful week. Our radio show team (for the Living Hope Show) was put under a lot of pressure on Monday night. The Internet service on the University campus failed during our broadcast. This caused various problems in terms of getting songs and prerecorded items on the program at the right time. On top of this the recording software cancelled our recording of the show when the Internet failed. 'The best-laid schemes o'mice and men gang aft agley' (translation- often go awry) - to quote the Scottish Poet - Robert Burns. Learning to trust God in the every day circumstances of life is a big lesson. Understanding my need to trust him as the Saviour God is essential for my eternal well being.

I have been talking to children in various schools over the week. This was quite interesting in light of the debate on Google plus via the Daily Mail feed about Prof Dawkins claim that to teach children morals from the bible or to teach them religion at all is evil. The word of God says in
Pro 22:6 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it'. The training should be about good things for the good and benefit of the child i.e. preparation for life and indeed preparation for eternity.

Salisbury is quaint English city. Walking around it you get a strong feeling of history and the awareness  that rural England is just somewhere round the corner. Very pleasant.

I hope your week went well.

Stephen





All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Hilltop Way,Salisbury,United Kingdom

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Life Planning Skills

It is nice to take time to relax, have a coffee and chat. I managed to do that today. It wasn't planned but I met a friend to catch up and while together we did a bit of planning.

We all do it from time to time; probably not often enough.

Relevant questions are:
What have we been doing with our time?
Could we have done better? What are our plans for the future? Am I achieving what I want to achieve etc etc.

Planning is so important in every area of life! As someone once said - if you don't know where you are going, you'll definitely arrive. Planning, organising, implementing, reviewing etc are all good organisational skills.

You might be very successful in work-life but how is your personal life? My last blog talked about cleaning up and tidying up certain parts of your life. What about reviewing your life so far and planning for the future. Are you prepared to be as careful about the personal issues of your life and your soul as you are in work life?

Be careful as you start this process. Remember that the Bible speaks the truth and warns of the following:

Jeremiah 17.9 - the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it.

Proverbs 16.25 - there is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

(These verses mean that you cannot trust your instincts, you must learn to trust, believe and obey what God says)

The bible also states the obvious because as humans we often choose to ignore the obvious:

Ecclesiastes 3.1,2 - to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.

Hebrews 9.27,28 - and as it is appointed unto men (humans) once to die, but after this the judgement: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.

John 8.24 - (the Lord Jesus is speaking) I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am he (the promised one/Son of God), you shall die in your sins.

My final quotation is clear advise from the Bible. It is based on the assumption that the hearer accepts that they are guilty of sin, in danger before God and aware of their inability to save themselves:

Acts 16.31 - Believe on The Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.

Plan for life or ignore the truth and face the eternal judgement of God.

Please plan wisely.





All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.


All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Liverpool Docks

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Down by the Docks

It is nice to take time to relax, have a coffee and chat. I managed to do that today. It wasn't planned but I met a friend to catch up and while together we did a bit of planning.

We all do it from time to time; probably not often enough.

Relevant questions are:
What have we been doing with our time?
Could we have done better? What are our plans for the future? Am I achieving what I want to achieve etc etc.

Planning is so important in every area of life! As someone once said - if you don't know where you are going, you'll definitely arrive. Planning, organising, implementing, reviewing etc are all good organisational skills.

You might be very successful in work-life but how is your personal life? My last blog talked about cleaning up and tidying up certain parts of your life. What about reviewing your life so far and planning for the future. Are you prepared to be as careful about the personal issues of your life and your soul as you are in work life?

Be careful as you start this process. Remember that the Bible speaks the truth and warns of the following:

Jeremiah 17.9 - the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it.

Proverbs 16.25 - there is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

(These verses mean that you cannot trust your instincts, you must learn to trust, believe and obey what God says)

The bible also states the obvious because as humans we often choose to ignore the obvious:

Ecclesiastes 3.1,2 - to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.

Hebrews 9.27,28 - and as it is appointed unto men (humans) once to die, but after this the judgement: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.

John 8.24 - (the Lord Jesus is speaking) I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am he (the promised one/Son of God), you shall die in your sins.

My final quotation is clear advise from the Bible. It is based on the assumption that the hearer accepts that they are guilty of sin, in danger before God and aware of their inability to save themselves:

Acts 16.31 - Believe on The Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.

Plan for life or ignore the truth and face the eternal judgement of God.

Please plan wisely.





All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Albert Dock, Liverpool

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