Grow grass – don’t just kill weeds!

by Charles Sibthorpe

A few weeks ago, a friend was visiting our home, and we were in the garden enjoying the surprisingly warm sunny day. We were looking at my moss and weed ridden lawn, when he said, “Don’t bother about the weeds and the moss, just give it a good feed of nitrogen …

Read more…. Grow grass – don’t just kill weeds!


Share

You are blessed

By Charles Sibthorpe

I have just been reading about Balaam in the book of Numbers. What a remarkable story it is! Balak is trying his hardest to get Balaam to curse God’s people, but he can’t do it. Balaam desperately wants to pronounce a curse and get his money, but God says, “Do not …

Read more…. You are blessed


Share

Is God’s work ever easy?

Always be careful that you do not relish the hard work of ministry. The Gospel records for us that Jesus describes His yoke is easy; His burden is light. Sometimes we turn away from doing God’s work because it might seem too easy, or be in the habit of informing all around us as to …

Read more…. Is God’s work ever easy?


Share

Overflowing with Thankfulness

by Charles Sibthorpe, The 222 Trust

Paul used a phrase, “overflowing with thankfulness” when he was giving words of encouragement and instruction to the believers in Colossae. (Colossians 2:7)

We all know that it is good to be “thankful”, but what is all this about “overflowing”? Overflowing can have …

Read more…. Overflowing with Thankfulness


Share

Elizabeth’s story

Elizabeth, a widow from Ogongora village in Uganda, suffers from leprosy. Hear her story of how her life was changed by her local church…

Read more about Elizabeth and her community on the Tearfund website.

Source: Tearfund via Premier Christian Media

© Kingdom Vision

Post Footer automatically generated by wp-posturl plugin for wordpress.


Share

As I give up relying on myself and look to Him, He fills me with Himself and the Kingdom of God advances.

As I look back over my life and the journey God has brought me on, I notice that there have been many times when God has spoken to me about what He is teaching me in that season – perseverance, grace, light, passion, patience and many others. My current season is to learn reliance on …

Read more…. As I give up relying on myself and look to Him, He fills me with Himself and the Kingdom of God advances.


Share

Limiting God

How easy and natural a thing it is to limit God – to be grateful for small mercies! But does that stop us pressing in to inherit more of what God has for us? …

Read more…. Limiting God


Share

Being Zealous

The book of Nehemiah tells of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and in chapter 3 verse 20 it says, “Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section…” Building walls was not a particularly glamorous task and the attitude of the workers varied, it says of the nobles …

Read more…. Being Zealous


Share

See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin.

Lily

Matthew 6:28 (NIV): And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin.

Jesus is trying to get us to think how free we can be in the kingdom – free from the weight of all the usual earthly worries and anxieties. Lilies …

Read more…. See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin.


Share

The Basement Church

I had a vision that I was walking down into a basement. It was above the foundations and solid but it was still underground. As I looked around me I could see that the basement was vast. It stretched away before me as far as my eye could see. It was quite light – there …

Read more…. The Basement Church


Share