I heard someone quote from CS Lewis the other day and it hasn't left me.

'The Devil tries to create as much noise in the world to drown out the voice of God in our Iives'.

How true this can be and how distracting and blinding if we allow it. The word and voice of God is powerful!

Hebrews 4:12-13 MSG 'God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one can resist God’s Word. We can’t get away from it—no matter what.'

My encouragement to us all is to be attentive to Gods voice, above anything that the world promotes or would have us believe.

This comes through reading His word, knowing His teachings & listening to encouragements through one another.

Let the voice of God be the voice we hear, trust in and act upon!

Stand strong and be blessed.

The past few weeks I have been talking with God about when I became a Christian and how it changed my life.

Something I want to share with you all is the healings and miracles Jesus did, and I have been reading about them in the book of Matthew.

When I read about Jesus doing these healings and miracles I was amazed, and when I found out that we could lay hands on people and Jesus would heal them, I could not wait to try it.

Matthew 9.20-22 He healed a lady who had been bleeding for years and all she did was believe if she just touched His clothes she would be healed, and she was healed.

Matthew 9.1-7 He healed a paralytic, Jesus said “get up, take your mat and go home.” The man got up and went home.

Matthew 9.18-25 He even told a ruler that his daughter is not dead but asleep, Jesus went into the house took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

Matthew 8.5-13 Jesus was not even in the centurion’s room or his house and he healed his servant.

At the time I became a Christian I was working in a gym.

I would tell members of the gym about Jesus and how He healed people.

I said “he can heal you, can I pray for you?”.

I saw many healings and miracles in that gym.

This is the one that stands out the most, a lady was not allowed to drive, she had her driving license taken away because she had epilepsy. Every 6 week like clockwork she would have a seizure. She was on medication to help control it. She could get her license back by not having a seizure for 1 year.

One personal training session I told her I know someone who can heal you, and then I told her about Jesus. She let me pray for her right there in the middle of the gym. The next time I saw her she said it has been 8 weeks since my last seizure. I asked if I could pray for her again, and yes right there in the middle of the gym. This time the gap was 12 weeks. I prayed again right there in the middle of the gym. A few weeks later I left that gym to work somewhere else, and a few weeks after that the lady messaged me on Facebook, I have my driving license back, it has been over 1 year now with no seizure. I told her, Jesus loves you.

This testimony is amazing and one day I would love to share all of the other awesome testimonies with you.

Bless people around you, at home, work, neighbours, shops, the gym, by telling them about Jesus and what He has done and can do.

I believe God gives us opportunities every day to do this.

I know someone who can help you, His name is Jesus. Can I pray for you?

It was lovely to walk the kids to school in the snow this morning. After I dropped them off, I went the long way round the castle, and I was struck by how beautiful everything looked because it was covered in snow.

I thought of the scriptures about snow and the bride of christ in the bible, here are two of them...

Isaiah 1:18 - “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool."

Rev 19:17 - Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

I was reminded of my identity as a child of God, completely forgiven and holy, loved by Him and that we are to make ourselves ready as the bride of Christ (His church).

Hebrews 12:2 says, 'throw off everything that hinders you and the sin that so easily entangles you'. One of the main reasons things hinder us and sin so easily entangles us is because we forget who we are and what He has done for us. Never forget you are part of the pure, spotless bride of Christ (the church).

You have been made new, holy and blameless. Keep making yourself ready by walking closely with God and knowing who you are and throwing off any hindrances or sins that hold you back.

Have a great rest of your week 💖

For a couple of months, I've been on a bit of a journey with God to re-discover joy. I had a few things that hadn't gone how I'd expected, but I knew that joy was something supernatural, that goes beyond my circumstances.

Just recently, the Holy Spirit reminded me again that, the way that we experience joy, is through seeking Him and simply doing what He tells us to do.

To illustrate, last week I sorted through the chaos of my spare room, which had become a dumping ground for all sorts of things. All the duvet covers and sheets were folded neatly, lost socks were found, everything was put in its rightful place, and order was restored. I little well of joy rose up iny heart as I looked at everything put in order and neatly placed where it should be.

The Holy Spirit said this to me; when we are in the centre of God's will for us, everything is put in order, our relationships are healthy, we have clarity of purpose, we know where everything belongs and we get the job done. We are clear on what is important and what is not, and we are focused and motivated to persevere in His plans, and this results in great joy along the way.

So I encourage you to have a think this week, where is there joy in your life? Or perhaps where are the areas that feel more like my spare room (pre sort out).

As we do, let Jesus, be our example, when we read these words:

'12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

(Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV).