Category Archives: All Notes

The Shadow of Elijah

Be who you are. Imposter syndrome can affect us all. Have you ever been handed something extraordinary and felt almost instantly, that you were the wrong person for it? Elisha knew it the moment Elijah’s cloak fell on his shoulders whilst digging up a field with his bovine friends. The prophets who watched the Jordan split, who stood… Read More »

The Main Thing

Jesus. Nothing else. Full stop. Stephen Covey said something in his book, ‘The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People’ back in 1989 that it made a lasting impression on me, “Keep the main thing the main thing.” So much so, that 37 years later I still remember it! It’s good advice for a business and for a life… Read More »

Prophets Without Borders

Fasten your seat belt… Grab your coffee, put your cat or dog out and say to God, “Hineni – Here I am.” Here we go. Peter stands up in Acts 2 and does something bold and radical. He doesn’t try to explain away what’s happening around them; the noise and bewilderment, including the optics – seeing tongues of… Read More »

Trump Is Not Jehu

Elisha’s young prophet arrives, clears the room, pours oil on his head and declares the word of the Lord with terrifying clarity: “I anoint you king over Israel… you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master” (2 Kings 9:6–7).

Omniscience

What If God Let You Know What He Knows? We don’t know what we don’t know, but have you ever thought about what it’s like to be God, who does? To know everything! Something occurred to me as I bantered with my friend Paul on Sunday. Open your bible app to 2 Kings 6:15-17 in the ESV. There’s… Read More »

When Darkness Seems Overwhelming

And Why It Will Bring the Best Out in You My last post was about the dark side of the moon, the other side. In the last few days the astronauts have been floating around the press calls, amazing pictures have dropped and now we wait for the film! Until then, have you considered that there is actually… Read More »