Brian Manning

Hope can be a very powerful thing. True hope isn't just wishful thinking but a longing and expectation based in God who cannot lie. Simeon's testimony of Christ helps us see that hope in God is satisfying.

We need to take Paul’s example and pray for our church, remember church isn’t a building, events or programs. A church is gathering of people called out by God, committed to God and each other. So, to pray for your church isn’t to pray for activities...

We consider how God gives us hope for future through the work of the Holy Spirit in us. God is working – bringing people to salvation and carrying out His great purpose but specifically God is working in you, the believer.

Ephesians shows us God does have a plan and He is doing what is necessary and right. God didn’t just create a universe without knowing what He was going to do. Here we get a glimpse at how He carries out that work in this world, in us. The work of God...

One way to define a Christian could be as one whose father is God. Having God as Father comes as a gift upon receiving Christ as Saviour. One of the greatest truths of Bible is that God is Father of believer and the New Testament emphasises the...

Let’s move past 'chosen' and look at the context in which we’re chosen. God's election of His people is done lovingly, sovereignly and purposefully.

The doctrine of election is often a contentious issue but it's important that we wrestle with the and listen to the God's Word. We need to see it in light of the whole plan of salvation in light of who God is not just as an isolated...

God is to be praised! He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ

Paul stirs us with great anticipation as he introduces us to the magnificent thoughts of who we are in Christ. We are called to serve a gloriously, sovereign God who blesses His people beyond comprehension.

We may be centuries away from the people Paul wrote to in Ephesians we are actually not that different. Our culture, society, needs and desires are strikingly similar to the people of ancient Ephesus. We can learn a great deal about being a Christian...