Inspired by Nathan Forster’s take on the discipline of simplicity, I decided to go “off grid” for Lent. I set about letting my nearest and dearest know that I would be unavailable except for emergencies via our landline and then switched off: no Whats App, no email, no internet, no mobile – the result surprised…
This is the first time I have written a blog of any sort especially telling people what I intended to do and have been doing for 40 days. I decided, having prayed for our neighbours for some time with minimal results that I needed to change tack in order to pray more earnestly and hopefully…
While reading the other day, this verse shot out at me, ‘…..do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, inwardly we are being renewed day by day.’2 Cor. 4:16. As a person who has reached the grand age of 77 (with the attendant health issues) I found these words extremely encouraging. As we…
In the lead up to lent, I had such high hopes of what I could do and how I could spend time getting closer to God. I could stop comfort eating when I felt busy or stressed and put my reliance more on God instead, or I could go for short walks to pray, as…
I’m suffering from something called POM syndrome it’s apparently quite common in Christians, it’s the poor old me syndrome! You know when trouble comes your way you start looking down moping… I had forgotten what a wise old woman said the cure for it was! When I’m struggling with things I need to stop looking…
I hadn’t properly decided what to do for my 40 days of devotion at the start; we had a fairly big life change that threw me off course for a couple of weeks with getting our lovely dog! Thankfully, God is always making the first move and I suddenly realised He was speaking to me…
Before the 40 Days of Devotion I felt God speak to me about the importance of praying persistently, passionately and fervently. Essentially, I was set a heavenly challenge to really go after things! In all honesty, this is a really big shift in how I have thought and prayed up until now in my Christian…
One of my favourite Bible stories is God’s rescue of his people from the hands of the Egyptians by the parting of the Red Sea. However, when I first read this it amazed me to find only a short while after this miraculous deliverance that the Israelites turned away from God and instead built themselves…
Thank you Jubilee for the 40 day devotional blogs. They have been excellent. I have absolutely loved reading each blog of the 40 day series. They have been directional, touching, honest and motivating not only for the writers, but to me as a friend and reader. We are all so different, unique and learn in…
Regrets and Excuses For some reason I don’t like regrets and excuses in my life. This is not to say I don’t ever regret/give excuses but I desire no compatibility with these two and we are certainly not friends. Early in my walk with God I realised that it was important and beneficial to be…
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