Windsor Road Baptist Church blog
Suffering joyfully for the sake of the gospel
Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you…(Colossians 1:24) It is quite an astonishing thing that Paul says, isn’t it, that he rejoices in suffering for the sake of the gospel (you can read about details of it in 2 Cor 11:16-33). Like Jesus, his Master and...
Colossians 2:6-7 Avoiding Mental Drift.
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. If employees are spending their time at work not working, I started...
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this …
This Thursday is ANZAC Day. If you’ve been at Windsor Road for a while, you may be familiar with the Honour Board on the wall in the prayer corner to the right of the pipe organ. It lists the names of the 58 men and one woman associated with our church who...
Brazil Nuts
This week I learnt something amazing about Brazil nuts. They contain a diverse content of micronutrients, especially a high concentration of selenium (about 2,500 times the amount found in other nuts), a powerful antioxidant which has found to help stimulate the...
The Pencil Is Mightier Than The Sword
If you haven’t heard of the saying above, that’s because I made it up! Keep reading… It shouldn’t come as a shock to us that God loves to speak to us because two-way communication is very normal in any healthy relationship! He uses a variety of ways to do this. The...
“He has done it!”
Last year after seeing a clear answer to prayer, I paused, amazed. Who am I that the Holy God should listen to me and allow Himself to be persuaded by my thoughts and desires? And then I seemed to hear the echoes of His response: “Who are you? ...
Seeking Shalom in Neighbourhoods
‘But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.’ Jeremiah 29:7 I’ve been noticing that God places us in neighbourhoods for His redemptive purposes. A neighbourhood...
“…for the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10)
While I had a shower on Thursday, I felt that I’m to write about the joy of the Lord being our strength. What does it mean? First, some context. The children of Israel who had been in exile in Babylon for 70 years finally return to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and Joshua,...
Work is gain if it is done as ‘workship’ to God
Faith and work are often seen as separate but for Joe, nothing could be further from the truth. He is a firm believer that who he is and what he does outside the church is really important to God. In an interview, he shares how he integrates his faith and work...
What we do in life echoes in eternity
A young man came to W. E. Gladstone (the second longest serving ex-Prime Minister of England back in the mid-19th century) and said, “Mr. Gladstone, I would appreciate your giving me a few minutes in which I might lay before you my plans for the future. I would...