The day with dianne Louise

“For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.”  2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ This verse encapsulates the song Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin. All out hope is in You Jesus! However, this verse comes at the end on a discourse on is reconciling the world to God through Jesus Christ, the verse, “  “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”  2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ If I am a new creation in Christ I am made in His image and have the same commission: to open the eyes of the blind, and set the captives free. I can no longer live for myself, I have work to do, souls to win! We have a role to play, we are His ambassadors to a fallen world. We have good news! Jesus is that news! An ambassador goes into a foreign land and represents their own country working out trade agreements between their own land and the land in which...

“And since you don’t know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert!”  Mark‬ ‭13‬:‭33‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Just when men mock, God does the impossible! Right now many in the world have turned against Israel, few stand with her. I have never known such a time of deception. The hardness of hearts and wickedness has become grievous. Yet Israel prevails! Nonetheless the gospel is reaching many. Muslims are having dreams and visions and turning to Jesus. I am praying for similar for Hindus.  Yesterday, here in Nepal, it was New Year’s Day. I have never seen so many people out and about in one day as yesterday. People thronged to local attractions to picnic and have fun. Where they stood with Christ is shown by the wearing or not wearing of tikkas, the red paint on the forehead. Thousands upon thousands are in the valley of decision. Jesus had a lot to say in Chapter 13 about the end times and we would be wise to attend to it. When the gospel has reached all mankind then the end will com...

“All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.” Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Do you know how easy it is for sheep to stray? So easy! ‘Ooh look there is another green leaf’. That is why they need a shepherd if not fenced in or tied to a tether. In Australia where paddocks are huge they are fenced in but if wild animals come they are in danger. In Nepal they have shepherds who take them out daily for foraging. Sometimes they have dogs to help.  I am convinced that Christians stray easily also. ‘Ooh! Let’s go there! Let’s watch this or read that!’ I am sure this is why Jesus gives us His Holy Spirit to guide us. We are not capable to staying on the narrow path, the wild looks inviting. We need the Holy Spirit, we need His guidance! Holy Spirit welcome! Please speak to my heart today and guide me on the right path. My emotions push me around and I'm prone to wander. Please guide me on the right path, Amen! ...

““For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Yesterday at church we were challenged with ‘how much do you love the unlovely?’ We were asked how much we could love the pedophiles, traffickers and terrorises and want to see them come to Christ. I knew this would be hard. It was. I am now challenged to pray, not only that they  are caught but come to repentance and be saved from their gross sins. We were studying Jonah chapter 4. On another angle I was personally challenged with a scripture from 1 Cor 3:16 where Paul tells the Corinthians they are all God’s temple. My personal world which I share with the Lord quite happily accommodated the Holy Spirit in MY temple, but was challenged to accomodate others who I did not always agree with. Whilst Paul did go on to say, in 1 Cor 6:19-20 that I am the temple of the Holy Spirit, I think I received the message, ‘no prid...

“In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.” Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬ When I was small I’d often stay with my grandparents at their boarding house. The toilet was way down the back yard. At night this was a scary trip. My grandmother gave me a small torch to use. A torch elimates all the scary imaginations. I had the habit of sleep walking. One night my grandmother awoke to see me at the foot of her bed shining the torch at her. It was a freakish experience for her, especially as I was in a trance. As a Christian I am told I carry the light of God. I need to shine that light in a way that does not freak people out. Jesus spoke of good deeds. The importance of any testimony is the deeds that accompany the words. Am I loving, kind, considerate? Do I respect all people?  By staying connected to my God and loving Him I will automatically love others or my love for Him is fake. Today as I go out into the streets of N...

“Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ I have never read this like this before. I believed I am the Temple and God lives in me, but here, Paul is saying, “all of you together are God’s temple “. This removes the idea of individuality and brings a corporate identity and a need to work together. This is probably what is needed in this day of selfishness. It is not all about Me but He. And He occupies all. The Corinthian church was divided with factions citing “I am of Paul”, “I am of Apollos “. We, today, are factional. We divide into conservative, pentecostal, evangelical etc and the lines are draw but in fact we are all God’s temple. We need to work together, not apart. Here in Nepal I attend an interdenominational church which collects all faiths together under the one roof. We al...