Lent 2025: What’s in your hand?

Today, I read a passage from Exodus that got me thinking about how God equips us for the tasks He sets before us. The story begins with the Israelites enslaved in Egypt. A baby boy, Moses, is placed in a basket on the Nile and found by Pharaoh’s daughter. He grows up in the palaceContinue reading “Lent 2025: What’s in your hand?”

Loved. Redeemed. Called. Equipped. Blessed. – lent 2023

If you were asked to write a list of words that described every Follower of Jesus, I wonder what words you would choose. The list in the title is one I heard used in a prayer this week. I love it. It seems to cover most things. I sometimes worry that we paint an idealisedContinue reading “Loved. Redeemed. Called. Equipped. Blessed. – lent 2023”

40 day challenge day 35: Finding David

In yesterday’s post about God equipping the called, I mentioned David, the man after God’s own heart. David makes for an interesting character study. He is known as the shepherd boy, the slayer of Goliath, Saul’s court musician, a warrior, an outlaw, a King, an adulterer, and the man who conquered Jerusalem. He wrote aContinue reading “40 day challenge day 35: Finding David”

40 day challenge day 34: Equipping the Called

I was looking through some pictures I’d saved to my phone. (I go through Facebook and save pictures that make me smile, so that they can make me smile again in the future). I came across a picture (well, it’s actually words saved as an image…) which had a phrase that jumped out at me.Continue reading “40 day challenge day 34: Equipping the Called”

God equips the called

I was going to tag this on to the last post but as I was writing I felt it was important enough to deserve it’s own page. 6 weeks without posting, then twice in one day! I have written before about how important my friends have been as I have learnt about having a relationshipContinue reading “God equips the called”