The day with dianne Louise

This (prayer) is good, and it pleases God our Saviour, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, Himself human, who gave Himself- a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time. 1Tim 2:3-6 Prayer pleases God! Why does not more get done? Preoccupation with self? Marching to a different drum? Another Lord? Whatever the reason, more could be done! Amen! We can be more concerned with how we feel: lonely, lost, tired, angry, anxious, and he list goes one. Yet, if we stilled all the noise and sought Him, all this would not matter, nothing would matter but Him! And then..... Prayer would come out of a heart that is in sync with His!  For there is only One answer! Jesus, His name! One God, One mediator. Amen!

First of all, then, I urge that prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Saviour, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to ithe knowledge of the truth. 1 Tim 2:1-4 This verse comes after the verses 1:18, 20 referring to two men who Paul cites as having shipwrecked their faith through blasphemy.  Over the past week one of our politicians is being viciously attacked in the media because she did something wrong. She used tax payers money to hire a helicopter to go to a wedding. This woman would probably be in her early 70s and is a strong woman with good sound beliefs but we see her become, perhaps, slack with what is hers to use and be found out. I am praying for mercy for this woman because she is a good politician but made an error of judgement.  I need grace in all I do as a business owner an...

Timothy, my son, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophesies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle, having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith. Hymenaneaus and Alexander are among them, and I have delivered them to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme. 1Tim 1:18-20 First we see Timothy called, 'my son,' by Paul. Timothy earned this as he was not Paul's natural son as Paul was a single man. Timothy was a son in the faith, he looked to Paul as a father in the faith. He did this well and Paul was blessed by him. Elsewhere we read that Paul could trust Timothy as he sent him to the Philippians : 'as I have no one else who was like minded who will genuinely care for your interests.' Next Paul urges Timothy to remember the prophesy over his life so that by them he may strongly engage in battle. Have you received a prophesy? I have, seve...

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1Tim1:17 Paul had had a revelation of God, Of the fact that Jesus was his king. On this basis he became an apostle, a preacher and teacher of the gospel of hope. It is only because of the eternal king I am what I am. He has redeemed me, spoken over me a future and hope. Because of Him, I am whole, blessed and filled with future vision. Amen! Without the authority of a living God I am nothing, yet He lives, and because He lives, I live. I am held together by Him! Amen!

I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry- one who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. I Tim 1:12-14 Isn't it interesting that the Lord strengthened Paul because He considered him faithful and went further to appoint him to ministry. I heard a very good message today by Chris Vallortan (I hope that is how his name is spelt) from Bethel, a very funny message but a good one nonetheless. He talked about Paul and how he believed Paul was an ancient ISIS as he is supposed to have killed or jailed around 10,000 people. Now, when it is out in that context he was a bad dude. However, God chose to redeem him. I wonder who was praying for Paul? Someone or a lot of someone's were. Yet Paul was totally transformed and re...

We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and the sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers-and for whatever else that is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusts to me. 1Tim 1:8-11 It is interesting to note adulterers are coupled with perverts, would one who breaks their marriage covenant see themselves as this? Not today! Would liars see themselves coupled with slave traders? No! But here both of these are listed in sinful behaviour, in fact: irreligious and ungodly behaviour. What do we do with this revelation? Do we sit and let it speak to our spirits or throw it off as useless and irrelevant teaching? In my business I am having to deal with the anger of clients requested to provide a lot...

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work- which is faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. I Tim 1:3-7 When we are puffed up in ourselves we love to talk about theories rather than live in faith towards God. If you find yourself inactive and drawn more to sitting around talking, time for a check up from the neck up. For a few years my mother and my brother and his wife lived out in the western suburbs of Sydney. My mum loved to go to a certain shopping centre and there, almost every day, you would find a group of men,...