"As many as touched Him were made whole." ....Mark 6:56 Recall the incident of the Pharisee and the publican at prayer in the temple. The Pharisee understood all about tithes and offerings, yet from him there was no cry from his heart to God; it was all in his mind so to speak. It was the publican who cried from his heart , "Lord have mercy upon me...

January 1, 2019 "Oh Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" ....Psalm 8:1 & 9 (This year starts a new venture for Christian Life Frankston. You may have noticed a link to the Bible School website. We are aiming at a February start. It's been quite an adventure getting to this point. We rejoice in God's faithfulness in bring...

December 13, 2018 "Ye also ought to wash one another's feet" ...John 13:14 The washing of the feet alluded to here is for refreshment; it does not relate to sin. Unlike sin, the dust and dirt that gather on our feet are inevitable. To roll in the mud would be sin, certainly, but if we touch the world at all, our feet will be dusty. A brother workin...

October 7 2018 "The men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord." ....Joshua 9:14 Sin before God as a Christian is of two kinds. One is the sin of refusing to obey Him when He issues orders, the other is the sin of going ahead of Him when He has issued no such orders. The first is rebellion, not doing what the Lord h...

August 5 2018 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have n...

June 24 2016 "The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." ....Psalm 46:11 How very much our own life is like Jacob's history! Until God begins to deal with us, we are inclined to take a superior spiritually proud attitude to Jacob's intrigues, but as we begin to encounter the deviousness of our own thinking and self-will, we soon...

May 31 2018 "As many as touched Him were made whole." ....Mark 6:56 Recall the incident of the Pharisee and the publican at prayer in the temple. The Pharisee understood all about tithes and offerings, yet from him there was no cry from his heart to God; it was all in his mind so to speak. It was the publican who cried from his heart , "Lord have m...

March 13 2018 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" ....Hebrews 4:12 None of us like to have our "self" revealed to us. We don't like to be exposed for what...

February 19, 2017 "I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes." ...Ezekiel 36: 27 Late one summer I (Watchman Nee) stayed at a hill resort in the home of a mechanic and his wife, both of whom it was my joy to lead to a simple faith in the Saviour. When the time came for me to return to Shanghai, I left with them a Bible. ...

February 12, 2018 "H ebron became the inheritance of Caleb, because that he wholly followed the Lord.".. . Joshua 14:14 "We are well able to overcome" is the declaration of the man whose confidence is totally in the Lord. He knows God's promises are trustworthy and that, because God is with His people, victory over the enemy is assured. Do you beli...