Author Archives: LaraLex

Be still, and know that I am God! Psalms 46:10 (NLT) Why does it sometimes feel like a lot of things conspire against our peace and wellbeing? Just as you overcome one challenge, another seems to be around the corner waiting to introduce itself! At some point in our lives, we will experience some formContinue reading “He is in Control”

 Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor. His accusers didn’t go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn’t be allowed to celebrate the Passover. John 18:28 (NLT) I found this passage strange when I read it. The accusersContinue reading “The Cart Before the Horse”

One night, while I was resting on the rooftop of my house, I overheard a conversation. Two of the household servants were talking about a religious teacher. They mentioned that one of his followers was formerly a tax collector and that he performed miracles, like healing the blind and the deaf; and raising the dead.Continue reading “The Small One (Part 2)”

I grew up in a big affluent family, as my father was a wealthy merchant. We also had many servants, and each member of the family were assigned a few. I had a few as a child and was given more as I got older. I had a happy childhood and my mother loved meContinue reading “The Small One (Part 1)”

One day Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ If it is true that you look favorably on me,Continue reading “Power of His Presence (Part 3)”

Man was created to have a deep, long-lasting, personal and intimate relationship with God. God initiated this fellowship; it was His idea and desire to spend time with us and this gives Him great pleasure. You can find this picture in the Garden of Eden. When God would often come down in the cool ofContinue reading “Power of His Presence (Part 2)”

“Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you”. Psalms 130: 3-4 (NLT) I remember during the height of the MPs expenses claims scandal of 2009 in which quite a few high-profile MPs and ministers were caught fiddlingContinue reading “Judge and Jury!”

Isn’t it true that sometimes we do not like to be told what to do? We believe we know what is best for us and exactly what we need and how to go about getting it. We sometimes do not see the reason why we need to involve God in some of our plans andContinue reading “Power of His Presence”

It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And theContinue reading “Do Your Part”

However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says, ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple as good as that?’ asks the Lord. ‘Could you build me such a resting place? Didn’t my hands make both heaven and earth?’ ActsContinue reading “Where is God?”