The Melbourne Cup – the race that stops a nation!
Since 1861, “The Melbourne Cup” is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race and is billed as “The race that stops a nation”. What wisdom can be gleaned from such a race? You maybe surprised.
Bible Reflections are triggered by my current reading of Scripture from the Holy Bible.
Since 1861, “The Melbourne Cup” is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race and is billed as “The race that stops a nation”. What wisdom can be gleaned from such a race? You maybe surprised.
Christians are called to pray. God hears every prayer. Yet, when the impossible occurs, we are astonished! Why?
Have you ever been annoyed at some aspect of your culture being trampled over by another invading culture or been incensed by your cultural norms being eroded away and replaced by other cultural systems?
What have Monty Python’s “Four Yorkshire Men” and the Bible characters, Ananias and Sapphira, got in common? Seriously, it’s a joke… maybe.
Why is it in Australia, it doesn’t matter if you grew up poorest of the poor or with a silver spoon in your mouth, true mateship extends beyond social standing? There is no division. There is just ‘together’, ‘oneness’, ‘me mates!’
No virtue exists in our lives without Satan awakening a corresponding vice: nipping on the heels of obedience is pride, striding behind faith walks presumption and in the shadow of godly vision, selfish ambition lurks. As we continue to explore Unity, let us look at the area of ambition. The motive behind Lucifer’s great rebellion,…
To have Unity, we must recognise and know what disunity is. Like a fire, it always starts small and yet if left unchecked it can smolder, ignite, flare up and turn into an inferno. God has a place for disunity… you do not want to go there!
Since the end of WWII and the restoration of Israel in 1948, we have seen more fulfillment of Prophetic Scripture more than any other time since the first century. The spiritual season, we find ourselves in, is the beginning of the fullness of times — the period leading up to the return of Jesus Christ.
Throughout the ages, man has sought to understand why he exists. A question that beats in all our hearts, “Why am I here on Earth?” The answer exists… for those who seek it. And if you don’t already know it, then here it is!