(This post appeared first on Matt’s personal Blog, “The Upward Drop“) Today during prayer I was thinking about how Jesus would respond with deep compassion whenever faced with the crisis of another. In the Gospels, he seems to have limitless energy for the needs of others, never too weary to pour himself out. We might …
NEW WINESKINS… for the new wine!
Matt 9:14-16, Mk 2:18-22, Lk 5:33-39. These past few weeks we’ve known God is speaking to us about becoming “new wineskins” so that we’re ready and available for his NEW. We don’t want the purposeful work he is doing in the earth during this time to just pass us by! We know we can’t …
More Than Money
When we give financial support to someone who is needy, it isn’t only about the money. For certain, the money is incredibly valuable because it’s what achieves what the person needs! But, our act of giving is not ONLY about the money. It’s also about what happens in me and you, and about our walk …
God’s Great Love – Part 2
HIS LOVE’S PURPOSES (benefits of His love) God’s love at work in us invites us to faith in Jesus and living with the PROMISE OF INHERITANCE in our hearts! His love invites us to a place of inner freedom and light as we live our daily lives, no matter the external circumstances. We are no …
God’s Great Love – Part 1
GOD’S LOVE IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS The beloved scene of Jesus with some of His closest disciples sharing their final meal before His departure is found in John chapters 13-17. Simon Peter and the other Simon, Andrew, the two James’s, John, Philip, Matthew, Bartholomew, Thomas, Judas and the other Judas were there. As they …
The Path of Freedom
Throughout the book of Galatians, Paul is telling Jesus’ followers about the new way: a path of freedom. To the Jews, he is explaining that their former, customary “guide for living” had proven to be miserably inadequate, both personally and socially. Now, a new and DIFFERENT way was possible for them and for the whole …
Love is Strong!
I stood preaching before a large crowd. “Love is STRONG” I emphasised. “Love is strong in the face of every enemy”. Nothing else feels like that surge of Godly strength as you proclaim truth and feel as if you were under His mighty hand, speaking with great empowerment as an instrument played by the Master Himself. …
Let This ‘Same Mind’ be in You
Philippians 2:5 says, “Let this same mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, was one with God and equal with God. But He made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And, being found in …