The Need to Restore Fatherhood

The danger of the earth being struck with a curse if the hearts of the fathers and their children were not turned back to each other was prophesied in Malachi 4. In many ways, fatherlessness is the curse, and fatherhood cancels the curse. This is true in both the natural and the spiritual world. It is true in the society around us, and in the church.

David's Musings 7

John 17:20-26 - Unity

How do we know for sure that God is real? For those who know God, it's a dumb question because it's so obvious that he is real. God is everywhere, in everything. He is the air we breath, He fills the world with His love. Nothing could be clearer. But to others, the same "evidence" is a lack of evidence. Here are six things that prove to us that God is real.

The Power of the ‘Fathers’ Anointing

" But the angel said to him: 'Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous - to make ready a people prepared for the Lord' " (Luke 1:13,17).

We all love reading the Bible, but sometimes as Christians we don't understand it in the same way as each other. There are reasons for this of course, such as our culture, worldview, how we understand what the words we read mean, and more. One of the big reasons is our method of interpretation, sometimes called your hermeneutic.

Fathering and Sonship

From the beginning God had revealed Himself to be a personal God, but more amazing is this; when Christ came in the flesh as the great revelation of God, He revealed God to be God in Father and Son.

God as Father and Son,

John 17:20-26

Unity

For the past 5 weeks we has discussed the Great Commandment and Love. We are now going to consider another passage which gives us a clear insight into Christ’s desire for us.

Over the last fifty years things have been changing amazingly in the Islamic World. This is the result of what has been labelled by some the "greatest prayer movement in the history of the world." Some of the information in this post comes from the Joshua Project Website:

https://joshuaproject.net/assets/media/handouts/muslim-movements-to-christ.pdf"

John 13:34-35

The Great Commandment

We concluded last weeks blog with Paul’s exhortation in 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10. It should be noted that he had commended them for their love, but urged them to love more. Was there an outcome from his exhortation? We find in his next letter to them 2 Thessalonians 1:3 the answer, “and the love everyone of you has for each other is increasing”.

The book of Genesis is sometimes despised by people because of its origin stories. It has also been picked apart with suggestions that its not internally coherent, and wasn't written by one person but by four.

However the book of Genesis is a brilliant book, internally coherent, full of amazing features and careful thought, and clearly written by one author. It is right for believers to feel satisfied that it is part of God's inspired word, which does rightly speak to us today.

Here let me outline five brilliant (of many) features found in the book of Genesis.