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Embracing Your Purpose: A Journey of Faith
What dreams or visions do you have for the next 5 years? Have you written them down? Over these past almost 3 years, I’ve written a few blog posts about purpose. I shared some of my own story about seeking for purpose and stepping out, sometimes afraid, into the things that the Lord has placed…
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Understanding God as Our Shepherd: A Final Reflection
This is the last blog post in the Shepherd series. I hope that you have enjoyed learning more about God as our Shepherd and that you have used the opportunity to draw nearer to Him. What area of your life has benefitted the most from learning more about God as your Shepherd? Before we look…
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Our Shepherd: Teaching us obedience
John 15:14 KJV “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” Have you ever felt the Holy Spirit speaking to you about a hidden sin? One that you forgot about or chose to forget about, and have never fully confessed and repented of? I’m not referring to the times the devil wants…
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Our Shepherd: Our refuge and joy
Psalm 5:11-12 KJV”[11] But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. [12] For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.” What image…
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Our Guiding Shepherd
Are you seeking the Lord’s guidance in all areas of your life? Psalm 139:9-10 KJV “If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.” Do you believe that God will hold you and…
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Our Healing Shepherd
John 5:6-8 KJV “When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am…
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The caring shepherd
For the next few weeks we are going on a journey of discovering God as our shepherd. When you hear that the Lord is our Shepherd, what picture comes up in your mind? In a journal, take time to describe or draw what you are seeing. A shepherd is someone who traditionally tends and rears…
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Clarity, balance and peace: putting God ahead of your schedule
This past week I’ve been on a journey of narrowing down my schedule. At one hand I felt I didn’t do enough. On another hand I was exhausted with the amount of responsibility I’ve taken upon myself. Can you identify areas in your life where you might have bit of more than you can chew?…
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Holding on to God’s promises
Do you have an attitude of holding on to God’s promises even when your circumstances doesn’t look favourable? We all face some major challenges at times. How we approach these obstacles determines if they remain mountains or become flat plains. Recently I’ve been challenged a lot about my purpose. Staying focused seemed to be very…
Be quiet and Listen 