by Susan Barnes | 23 Oct 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“Mum, I’m home.” One of my goals as a parent is to provide a safe home for my children. A place where they can relax and be accepted without having to prove anything. A place where the adults will love, care and protect them. A place where they’re free to express...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Sep 2021 | Quoting Other Writers
Rule 2 / Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping Peterson begins with a conundrum. Why don’t sick people take their medication? He quotes statistics that show two-thirds of people don’t take the medication that doctors prescribe for them. Either...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Aug 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. “For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority” (Colossians 2:10). What...
by Susan Barnes | 6 Aug 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. A lot of us grew up being told we were sinners saved by grace. Is that right? Or are we saints who sometimes sins? Are we saints or sinners? Which is the most Biblically accurate statement?...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Jul 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. We do not come into the world with an innate sense of worth and value. Self-esteem is learnt. The world would tell that the things that give us worth and value are things like: Appearance,...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Jul 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. As well as being born of God we are also adopted: “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Jul 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. “If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord” (Romans 14:8). God made us with the need to belong and he meets this...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Jul 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you”...
