New Light

Do you ever read through the Bible, and then you read one passage, and suddenly get revelation from it, and you are so amazed about what God has said, and done?

Imagine getting a constant bombardment of it!!!

I've been reading through the New Testament with a different perspective. For the last couple of years I have been growing in the belief that God supplied healing for all, and he doesn't pick or choose who gets healed and who doesn't. I've also been discovering the simplicity of the nature of God, and all he has planned for us. God is a good God, the Devil is a bad Devil! God does not put hardships in our way to test us. But rather he can take any situation that is thrown at us, and turn it around to our benefit!

As I delve more and more into this realisation, I am absolutely stunned and in awe of God's goodness. The "Good News" is thrown into a completely new dimension! Yes, it partially covers the redemption from sins, but it also covers healing, delivery from demons, prosperity. God has GOOD THINGS in store for me and DOES NOT make my life hard! We're the ones making it hard, by complicating everything we deal with with our own little politics!
I tell ya! I've been brought up in a Christian environment that taught that God doesn't heal every time, and he puts hardships in our way to help us learn lessons! NOTHING could be further from the truth.
2 Timothy 3:16 says "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right." (New Living Translation).
1 Corinthians 10:13 also says "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." (NIV)

Just because you are tempted, don't assume it was God who tempted you! In the same way also, if you don't get healed, don't assume that God didn't heal you. God has provided healing for everyone when Christ died on the cross. (By his stripes we were healed). Just because you haven't received doesn't mean God hasn't supplied... it means something has stopped/delayed it!

The more I've been reading in this new light, the more I've been blown away by everything I've reading in his word. Woohoo!!!

I'm working on a series of posts regarding healing. I want to make it clear before In start posting anything up that I do not know everything about healing, and I will not pretend to. This topic in itself is very broad, and is easily open to misinterpretation. As a result, some people may start commenting of my beliefs on the subject before I have finished explaining it. So please wait for me to complete the whole thing before delving in. I want to try and cover as much scripture as possible, so if you think I may have missed something out, please let me know... and yes this is controversial, so please don't start planning a flame war!

Keeping Tabs...

Okay, I'm rubbish at keeping this blog updated. However I have been inspired recently by my brother-in-law to keep a log on my Christian life and feelings. I have a good memory for some things, but a bad memory for others, and some of the things I have learnt and discovered over the past 2 years shouldn't be lost at all, and should be documented for other folk to blessed by too.

There are a heck of a lot of doctrines floating around the body of Christ these days, some are standard (i.e. the Trinity) however there are a heck of a lot of doctrines I've discovered that are not productive, a lot that are theoretical, a lot that make no common sense when you start questioning them, and a lot that have no or very little foundation in the word of God. A big problem is that I have been brought up on quite a few believes that have done nothing but hinder my relationship with God.

The last 2 years of my life, I have been following the teachings of Andrew Wommack, and listening to his free downloads on various subjects. What I love about his teachings is that it's completely flooded with verse after verse of the Bible, and that he has made more sense out of the Bible than anyone else I have ever listened to. He has helped me recognise and deal with practically all of the wrong thinking and attitudes that I have been brought up on, and has created in me an incredible desire to learn more about God's word, and develop my relationship with Him. I have finally discovered what the "Good News" is all about that Jesus spoke of, and it has completely changed my life.

But I've hit this problem! I discuss various doctrines with my friends and family, and as I listen to them, some of them get me down and disturb me. So I may be slow to work things out for myself, but I have finally come to the decision.... What I believe now is great and really beneficial to my life with God. If someone suggests a doctrine to me...

1) I will weigh it up against what the Bible says, and place it into context with the Redemption that Jesus provided.

2) I will see if it will benefit my current relationship with Christ or if it will get in the way.

3) I will weigh it up in my spirit, and listen to if the Holy Spirit confirms or rejects it.

Once I check it over with this, I will either accept it, and let it start to benefit my life, or reject it and deny it any further in-roads into my life.

Right now, I've set the bar against everything is measured as pretty high! In regards to the teachings of Andrew Wommack, and so far I have found very little that I have a problem with. They way my life has been turned around is a testament to that. Some thing you should consider is this... if you are doing better than I am in your relationship with God, then maybe you have something I could learn from. If not, then maybe you should take some pointers from either Andrew or myself.

Everything Has Changed!!!

So, you've noticed I've not updated this in a while. Things are changing! This Blog is purely dedicated to my personal life. I'm planning to do something else for Mac stuff.

My Perspective on life is so diferent now, to how it used to be 2 years ago, and I owe it all to God. Yes I was a Christian before, but now I've discovered much more to the christian life, and the inheritance that God has already provided for us.

This Blog is titled "Land of the Giants", and I felt like one of the little people when I started it! Well now it's time for me to shout "LOOK OUT BELOW!!!". I'm lovin God, Jesus, Life, and not even the Devil can get me down!

God is Fantastic, His timing couldn't get any better!

I know I haven't blogged in a while, but this is just SO worth writing about!

For the last few months our finances haven't been so good. We've really tightened our belt in order to deal with everything, and cut out nearly all luxuries. We went to a barbicue a few weeks back, and whilst enjoying some charcoal with a hint of burger, I discovered part of my tooth coming away. needless to say, I knew it would take a big bite out of our finances, so I put booked a doctor a few weeks down the line, when I thought I may have some money.

Reuben, my middle son (2yr old) has Cerebal Palsey (sorry if spelt wrong). More specifically a left Hemiplegia, which means the signals from the brain to the left side of the body are getting scrambled, and as a result don't respond too well. This means that the left side needs to get exercised quite frequently. This is pretty much a part time job for my wife, as Reuben has several appointments across the week, from physiotherapy to hydrotherapy...etc has his walking monitored... he's currently in a cast to stretch his muscles in his leg and ankle. As a result of this, we applied for Disability Living Allowance(DLA) a few months ago.

I was ready this morning to cancel my dentist appointment today, and put it off till another time I thought we might have some money. There was barely enough for any extra food for the next week, let alone petrol for the car.
The letter came first thing this morning in the post. It told us we were entitled to the DLA, and had been put in the highest rank for it. We would be getting £60.60 per week (£240 p/m), this would also be backdated to April in a lump sum of over £780.
We called up the Tax Credits aoffice, to let them know of the change in circumstances, as a result they are now giving us an extra £3200 per annum.
Within one morning, my income had increased by over £500 per month.

This means we can now afford a second car that we so badly need, and I could afford the dentist, which I later discovered I was exempt from having to pay for.

What Lies Ahead?

Happy New Year, first off, although that phrase comes with a question mark hanging behind it, when we're constantly reminded about the devastation of the Asian Tsunami. As you may know, I have two boys, and it's absolutely heart-wrenching hearing story after story of families killed and torn apart. I wouldn't be able to cope with that sort of loss. I know for sure my two boys in that situation would have been lost, and I don't know what the status of my wife and unborn child would be. Then for these orphaned families to hold on to a false hope of finding a relative alive, even if clinging onto life.

But there is hope! Always! You may have lost everything you own, everyone you love. But you have you, and if that isn't good enough, God is. God is unchanging, God is unswaying... No, God didn't cause this, and God didn't want this to happen. But he can help the healing.

So then... 'Happy New Year?'

It can be, and I'll certainly work towards that aim.

Complete Strangers Wave at Me!

I'm guessing it's along the same path as the Macintosh. When you buy a Mac, you don't buy a computer, you buy into a community. About 10 months ago we bought a new car (second hand, but well worth it). As our family is expanding, we decided either to go for an MPV or an Estate. Well we narrowed it down, and found the ideal car which left the competition behind.

The Fiat Multipla is by far the ugliest car on the planet. My friends call it the pope-mobile, however I either call it a duck billed platypus, or (because of the colour of the car, and my uncle's history with gerry anderson) Thunderbird 2.

I have to admit, that when I first bought the car, and drove it around, it made me beam with delight, and I quite often had urges to wave at other multipla drivers as they passed by. However, my wife managed to surpress those urges in me. But even now, there's other multipla drivers that happily wave at me for no other reason than we have the same type of car, and are completely over the moon about it.

As I said before, it's the same sort of issue as with Macs, when you start using them, you just can't give them up. But with the Multipla story, it may have a shorter lifespan than expected. Fiat have changed the ugly part of the car...


It's no longer that ugly, but at the same time, I feel it loses it's identity. Despite it being a fantastic car, I fear that may not now be enough. But please feel free to give me a wave in your Multipla as you drive by!