The Front Page - February 21
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Dear Fellow Traveller on the Christian Journey of Life,
As we considered last week the temptations of our Lord and found confidence in His power over the subtlety and cunning and distortion that accompanies the devil’s intrigues. We must be aware of and refuse to accept and enact the seductive suggestions that are contrary to God’s perfect will for us, and so live a holy life in our speech, conduct and attitudes.
Our humanity and imperfections leave us prone to accept the “easy way”; “the popular form of speech and behaviour”; “the second best”; “the lowering of standards” where we “bend the rules to suit our plans.” All of which consciously or subconsciously are motivated by our own need for prestige or popularity; of power or position (status).
The Front Page - February 14
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Dear Fellow Traveller on the Christian Journey of Life,
In Lent we are encouraged to read and think deeply about significant events in our Lord’s Life. The first of these is the Temptations he underwent at the beginning of His Ministry – St. Luke chapter 4 v. 1 to 13. The “HOW” to go about His Ministry? If He needed any help as to what to do, to whom was He to turn?; - depend on His own intuition?, His natural, human capabilities?, or to turn to God, His Heavenly Father for insight, divine grace, wisdom and strength?
In Genesis we become aware of misrepresentations of TRUTH! We are brought face to face with the lies that Satan presents to us all – “you can be equal as God”; – “you don’t need God”; – “you can succeed by living with and by your own (human) judgments”. ??? Genesis records Adam’s failure and SIN against God. Adam is representative of the whole human race – of each one of us. The devil is a good theologian, and he quoted Scripture to suit his purpose, i.e. that we would come to believe and live the lie that we can do without reliance on God. He was outwitted and beaten in his effort to defeat God’s purpose in that God sent Jesus as the Messiah, so that all creation might be redeemed from the deadening effects of sinning. In the record of Jesus’ answers we see Satan defeated. We too can defeat his temptations – by doing as Jesus did – turn to the Scriptures; to God’s Word; for He is PERFECT TRUTH IN ALL THINGS AND SITUATIONS WE FACE. Trust God, trust His Word, trust the guidance of His Spirit!
The Front Page - February 7
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Dear Fellow Traveller on the Christian Journey of Life,
It is a challenging, yet a humbling experience to be a Christian disciple. It is a great and adventurous journey to travel with, to walk alongside Jesus in our daily routine of work and leisure. Toiling and relaxing are to be seen as avenues through which God makes Himself known to us. We need an openness to see Him, to hear Him and to feel the depth of His love and mercy amid our successes and failures. So often we fail to attain our personal goals. So often we fail to meet His Divine demands that are necessary for a growing intimacy in our prayer and devotional life. We cannot excuse ourselves by saying that life is too busy to give time to God. Our devotional time alone with God is “the powerhouse” from which we are enabled to overcome our temptations, our anxieties and our human limitations including the lack of the sensitivity of His Presence abiding with us 24-7.