Blessed are the Poor in Spirit: those Emptied and Unloaded to Receive from the Lord

We need to be poor in spirit, emptied and unloaded in our human spirit, so that we may realise and possess the kingdom of the heavens; this means we need to be humble, acknowledging that we have nothing, know nothing, can do nothing, and are nothing, so we need the Lord’s filling desperately. Amen, Lord, […]

When we Live Christ, we live the One who is the Pattern of a Crucified Life

In Phil. 2 we see Christ crucified as our pattern, and this pattern is the crucified life within us; when we live Christ, we live the One who is the pattern of a crucified life. Christ as our pattern is not something only objective, something that we should follow outwardly, but also something subjective and […]