Pastor Kevan Dobsin

Jesus saw a great city that had lost its way and wasn’t fulfilling it purpose. Much the same as when He looks at people all over the world who He has created who are lost and not finding His purpose for their lives.

“And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. – Jesus in John 14:29 When it comes to perspective, you’ve probably heard some of these common sayings: “Let’s put things in perspective.” “It’s all a matter of perspective.” “We need to have a fresh perspective.” Usually

As the angels announced the birth of Jesus on that first Christmas Eve, they invited us all to come experience a peace not found anywhere else in the world. They introduced the birth of God’s Son who would bring us peace with God, peace with ourselves and peace with each other.
The message of Christmas brings such relief and resonates with so many around the world because it speaks of an all-encompassing peace we so desperately need.
That God would choose to make this grand announcement of peace in the middle of the night to a group of shepherds is also an intriguing part of the mystery of Christmas that must be explored.

As a Christian endeavouring to follow God’s leading and His plan for your life, how do you navigate the open and closed doors – the unforeseen events or perceived setbacks? How do you respond when facing disappointment with people or strained relationships? Most importantly, how can you recognize God’s leading and continue to follow His direction through all of this?

You’ll notice that the key to us thriving as Christians and growing in our faith is that we’re planted in God’s house. Of all the environments we find ourselves in during our daily or weekly routine, the healthiest and most nourishing place to be for ourselves and our families is God’s house – with God’s people!

It was never God’s intent that we who were created in His image would experience slavery, oppression or evil of any kind. It was only after the rebellion and fall of Adam and Eve that sin was introduced into the world and humans began to do evil to each other.

Throughout your Christian life, you will almost always be faced with impossible situations and there will be many voices – and forces – around you telling you to give up. Telling you that it will never happen. For a Christian, facing the impossible just comes with the territory. As a follower of Jesus, you’re already an agent of the real IMF – Impossible Mission Force, the Church! And if we stay in faith and stick to the mission, we will witness impossible miracle after miracle happen throughout our lives.

Sometimes the best place to start when exploring the wonderful world of apologetics is with some of our own questions. What are some of the big questions you or your children have? What about some of the loved ones in our lives or our neighbours or coworkers? What questions do they have? Why not ask them? You might be surprised how much you love exploring the answers.

It would be an understatement to say that humans are a chatty bunch. We may not get all our steps in or get enough sleep or eat all the right foods, but we definitely talk. On average, each one of us speaks approximately 16,000 words a day , and with 8 billion people in the world, that means there are 12,800,000,000,000,000 words spoken every day. Maybe we should ask ourselves, “What is good conversation?” What is healthy conversation for Christian pilgrims and how do we avoid careless, unhealthy or destructive conversation?