Posts with the tag “chris-horton”

We really want to move on to Easter Sunday. We now know that Good Friday is only part of the story - resurrection will come! But we need to linger. We need to lament before we can really celebrate....  Read More

The Holy Spirit is given to us as the first fruits, or deposit or guarantee that we will receive the fulness of salvation God intends for us....  Read More

Now we can live free from laws because we have the Spirit in our hearts - we follow the Spirit not the letter of the law because we know God as a friend....  Read More

With a freewill-offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good....  Read More

So we can pray some of these difficult passages as a way of giving to Him our desire for revenge. God will judge at the end of time....  Read More

The key is to read the Psalms with the Holy Spirit as our guide and to understand them in the light of Jesus’ life, teaching, death and resurrection...  Read More

Once the psalmist has let out the emotion and hurt - and done so in God’s presence to invite God’s perspective - he can leave it in God’s hands....  Read More

We may be surrounded by troubles but He is here in the midst with us, not remote. Then we can fight spiritual battles in prayer … with praise and thanksgiving as the starting point....  Read More

The gospel makes us (or should make us) all disciples who make disciples....  Read More

The starting point is reading scripture with open hearts and minds, asking the Spirit to inspire us as we share our reflections together... If we are on God’s side, then we have to live as He does and...  Read More

It is shocking to some that Jesus talked so much about wealth. But how we handle what we receive and earn now has eternal significance. ...  Read More

When God calls us to do something, He does not leave us on our own but invites us to work with Him. Jesus is the Provider, but He says, “You give them something to eat!” ...  Read More

The resurrection is not just an event in history, it is the most significant event... Jesus’ death and resurrection make it possible for us to have forgiveness, salvation … LIFE!...  Read More

People around us are anxious about their security, whether health, money or relationships … or all of them. But we are called to rest secure in God’s peace....  Read More

It is not enough to know about Jesus. We need to meet Him by the Spirit and the only way to do that is to invite Him to lead us....  Read More

The gate might be narrow and the path might involve a lot of difficulties, especially if none or few of our family and friends are also following Jesus. Who knows? There may be persecution too. But Je...  Read More

How do we make good choices? Time and time again the scriptures point us to God as the source of wisdom. James helpfully promises “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously ...  Read More

God loves whole communities and whole households. Who is in my sphere of influence? Am I enabling them to hear the gospel?...  Read More

Jesus’s strategy is not even to try to reach everyone we are in contact with. Just some. Just the ones who recognise the peace we carry and want to share in it, those who are curious and hospitable en...  Read More