Jesus sends his followers out as messengers to proclaim a powerful message that results in joy. We may imagine that the 'harvest is meager and the workers are just about adequate', but Jesus corrects our thinking. There are many people that are ready to come to Christ if only they can hear the message.

25-02-2024 - Lucas Durant

Where are you heading in life? Jesus' destination was heavenly glory, but his path there went through Jerusalem. Christian disciples are headed for glory with him, but to get there we must walk the path of the cross. It is a journey that gives meaning, purpose and joy. But it is a hard path.

18-02-2024 - Lucas Durant

Unthankfulness comes to all of us very easily. When it is allowed to take root and grow in our souls, it produces all manner of corruption and wickedness. The Psalms shows us how to uproot unthankfulness with prayer, so that we can become people overflowing with gratitude.

04-02-2024 - Lucas Durant

How do you know when God is guiding you? Can you tell the difference between his leading and your own strong desires? Psalm 25 is a prayer that helps us be the kind of people whom God guides.

28-01-2024 - Lucas Durant

Worship is the only thing that will transform us. But worship means ascribing worth to something in a way that engages our whole being - our emotions, our will and our mind. Is your whole life worship?

14-01-2024 - Lucas Durant

When worries, anger and other things keep us awake at night, how can prayer help? David gives us a model for evening prayers that have helped God's people down through history to have secure sleep.

07-01-2024 - Lucas Durant

God has established his king on earth. Our rebellion against God's king leads to perishing. Embracing God's king gives life. This reality should give form and content to our prayer life.

31-01-2023 - Lucas Durant

The New Creation will not only restore all things to the goodness of God's original design, but it will actually exceed the goodness of the original. Christians are therefore a people overflowing with hope. The Christian hope for the future shapes the Christian life in the present.

10-12-2023 - Lucas Durant

Is a better world possible? Yes! Not only possible, but certainly coming. Yet it is not within our power to bring it about. Our great hope is that one day God will make all things new.

03-12-2023 - Lucas Durant

When Christ comes again in glory, he will come as a conquering king, waging war with the sword of his mouth. He will defeat his enemies and cast them away. He will judge the living and the dead by two books. Is your name in the book of life?

26-11-2023 - Lucas Durant