God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. Jesus was given three gifts when he was born. Understanding there significance tells the gospel and can help us worship him with satisfaction.

Do you ever feel like you're in the court room with God? As we lead into Christmas it's important to remember that God has already decided his verdict for a sinful people made possible through Jesus.

The archenemy of personal restoration is shame. Shame causes us to retreat relationally, isolating us from God, and blocking the pipe through which God’s nourishment and restoration flows. A return to knowing and being known by God and others is the only way back to personal restoration.

Most of us grew up thinking you learn theory first and then work out how to apply it. But the line between theory and practice is not clear. It turns out that humans are always engaged in theory and practice simultaneously. This same principle applies in the quest to learn about God.

God is a good father who goes to extraordinary lengths to get his children back. The biggest challenge for his children is not getting back in the family, but believing they are back in the family and loved deeply.

Growing up is not just for kids, it is for adults too. We need to grow into who God made us to be, and we need to grow up in all the areas where sin has made us childish. 

Sadly, Truth isn’t something people like to say exists. Or if it does, it’s a personal thing of you be your own truth. However, this is not what we see in Scripture. You need to endure sound teaching because if you don’t, you will wander in your faith and trust in Jesus and become ineffective.

The world by nature is Pro Self and Anti Other, we are by nature faithless. We do what we want when we want to make ourselves the centre. This is not the way it is meant to be. Paul is calling Timothy and subsequently you today to not live like the world, instead to live as set apart, to live as faithful ones.