Baptism of SL. What do you want for your children? Your grandchildren? Your nieces and nephews? The children in your church? There are three things we should want for our children above all else – that they belong to God, that they would hear God’s call and that they would respond obediently to God’s call.

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Psalm 78 “Telling the next generation.”

The Bible teaches that in God’s order it is the parents who have primary responsibility for teaching children the truth about God and his will (Deuteronomy 6:4–9; Ephesians 6:4). As we know from reading Deuteronomy 6, a parent is to teach their children about God during their waking hours, as they observe life, as they […]

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Psalm 145 The A – Z of Praise

The Christian life is to be a life of praise, glory and adoration and these things should characterise our lives from A to Z. Praise should characterise the years of our lives and every aspect of our lives. In looking at Psalm 145 we note that this is the last of David’s Psalms recorded in […]

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Paul in verse 4 is speaking to parents! His first word to parents it not to exasperate their children. We understand the words to mean “Do not irritate your children, do not provoke your children to be resentful or angry.” I think, parents as a whole find this very difficult to do! How does one […]

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What makes Andrew so interesting is that Andrew was someone who hungered and thirsted for a Saviour. He was super keen on finding out more about God and finding someone who could speak into his soul. Andrew started as a follower of John the Baptist and although he loved John’s message he hadn’t come to […]

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