29 October 2019 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. ....John 15:5 As a Christian, when I look and consider my individual personal self with all its independent reasoning and feeling, then I immediately look back at the self that came out of Adam; the one...

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death " ....Romans 8:1-2 First of all, we are talking here about Spiritual life and spiritual death, not physical life or physical ...

22 nd August 2019 "David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam ... and there were with him about four hundred men.." ....1 Samuel 22:1 This cave actually represented the answer to David's spiritual need! Saul had the office of the king and had a huge following. His lot was all the machinery of government, and God in sovereig...

July 24, 2016 "Behold I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels." .....Exodus 34:10 Many of us do not differentiate clearly between the promises of God, the accomplished facts of God (His mighty works) and the Covenant of God. Promises are given to encourage faith but often we cannot rise up to believe God's promises. At times we c...

"The Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance." Deuteronomy 4:20 Nowhere in either the Old or the New Testament is dedication divorced or separate from redemption. The two are intimately linked, they go hand in hand and we never find the one without the other. The Apost...

"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...

April 30 2019 "Be filled with the Spirit...singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord." .... Ephesians 5:18 The word "Plerousthe" is the Greek word meaning "be being filled". This is the expression used in relation to the Holy Spirit here in this verse. "Allow yourselves to be continually made full." This describes, not a crisis as at Pe...

April 15 2019 "I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called." ....Ephesians 4:1 Has it dawned upon me yet that the Spirit of God within me is a real living Person? I am but an earthen vessel, but in that earthly container I carry a treasure of unspeakable worth, even the Lord Jesus of g...

January 25 2019 "Whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives." ...Hebrews 12:6 It seems clear that Spiritual vision by itself is not enough to transform a life. Consider Jacob's ladder. Because of his crooked behaviour, Jacob had lost his home and all his possessions. Yet in spite of this, God favoured Him at Bethel wit...

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...