Introduction If you have ever been on any type of cruise, then you would be aware that within a couple of hours of boarding the ship you must attend a safety briefing. This is not something that you choose to …

Following instructions How are you at following instructions? Do you follow them to the letter? Or do you treat them more like they are just a guide? Do you do everything that you are instructed to do, or do you …

Forgetting How quickly we forget! It doesn’t take long for even the important things to be forgotten, the things that we shouldn’t forget, that shouldn’t be overlooked, or left behind do get forgotten. We all forget things, and sometimes the …

I am scared of cockroaches. I have a fear of them. For some of you here this morning who used to go to our evening service, this is not a new piece of information for you. In fact, some of …

Love your Neighbour as yourself Introduction What do you think about when you see the 10 commandments? You might be thinking along the lines of some of the following: Aren’t they something that you learn in Sunday School?  They’re just …

Whose rules? We live in an age where people largely believe that they are free to think and behave anyway they feel like behaving. Western society or culture having rejected God and divine revelation “has now largely rejected the concept …

Introduction Kendra Cherry the author of “The Everything Psychology Book” has written a helpful article on “Reasons why people forget”. Now I don’t have time today to go into the 4 reasons that she suggests. However, one of the techniques …

Our fears What are you afraid of? What is it that you fear most?  Sadly, sometimes our own fears are the very things that tend to immobilise us in life to the extent that they end up imprisoning us so …

Thrown in the deep end Often in life you find yourself being thrown in the deep end. What I mean is that you find yourself being dropped into a situation that you feel unready for and ill equipped for.  I …