Psalm 84:5-7

'Baka' - a poetic play on words of how God can turn our tears into a well that will bring life to all around.

We are made for intimacy with God. Don’t be fooled  by  proximity to God. Draw near by faith, with time and in the right posture.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25) Embrace His pace!

Following on from Andy's message to us last week, Marc asks some challenging questions on where our faith lies and teaches on the importance of obedience as we follow Jesus.

"It'll be fine, I'm here. Draw close, stay near." ~ JESUS

If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.

How long can you carry the weight of a worn out soul? How long can you fight against the grace that can make you whole? Will you slow down and take a breath? Will you come to Me and find your rest? ~ JESUS

Statistics show that 75% of the 60 000 thoughts we think a day are negative, and 95% of those are repetitive. So where does that lead us? A powerful message on how to transform our thinking by taking captive thought patterns and training our minds to form better neural pathways.

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

Viktor E. Frankl

Our emotions are REAL but they're not RELIABLE! It's helpful for us to recognise our emotions but not let them govern our behaviour. Our will to serve God is what needs to govern our behaviour. We need to learn to identify  our emotions, discover their trigger and decide intentionally what to do with them by praying over them and processing them fully.