Does God exist? You decide....

You could find people that would argue for and against for their entire life. For me there are situations in mylife, and indesscribable truths about the universe that have led me into a relationship with God where he has personally revealed himself to me.

Just like we all live by the power of electricity but never fully take in how it works. I have accepted Jesus help in my life and now live by the power of God, even though I dont fully understand it all.

Those who wait for all their questions and doubts to be proved, befor accepting God, are like those who will only use electricity once they have shoved their fingers in the socket, for proof it exists.

God is for us!

Many people in the world today think that God is doing loads of terrible stuff and is against us most the time. This negative mindset of God prevents people actually building a relationship with God and getting to know a bit about who he really is.

I'm sure we all have our own picture of what God is like and sometimes this picture is not of a God who is helping us. We need to realise that GOD IS actually FOR US! God may not always do things as we would like them to be done in our life and we may frequently wonder why certain things are happening. We need to trust in God and trust that he knows whats good for us and follow his plans for us.

Luke 12 v 22 - 31 Jesus shares about how God looks after the birds and provides all they need and makes the flowers look awesome, and they dont have to worry about how it will happen, they just accept his provision and do what their designed to do.

We can learn a lot from this. Trust in God for all we need and in all the things that are going on in our lives. He will bless us with strength to get through, all we need to live, and joyfull times. Mans plans often fail but Gods plans always succeed.

God IS FOR US... trust in him and believe it. :-)

Pain & Suffering ??????

THE SHACK

In a world where religion seems to grow incresingly irrelevant THE SHACK wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!

Over the next few weeks we will be reading through The Shack and raising this often difficult question about pain and suffering.

I have realised that the more I get to know God the less I understand his ways. Often we can try and get him in our little box of understanding but its impossible...... uneasy isn't it when we don't know whats going to happen, but thats why we have to trust in him and his promises and that he knows whats best for us. Join us on the journey as we share the struggles of life covered in glimpses of God.

Be blessed, Andy :-)



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