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The Resurrection

October 31, 2025

What historical event fascinates you the most?

The Resurrection of Jesus is the event that most fascinates me. It fascinated me so much that it changed my life back in 1989.

Up until that point I had a basic understanding that Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday and then He rose to life on Easter Sunday.

But in all honesty I did not know why He died? When a friend gave me a tract that explained Jesus died on the cross for my sin, it started to make sense.

I realised I was a sinner and I needed God’s forgiveness and Jesus’ death on the cross made that possible. I could be forgiven because He paid the price for my sin.

The resurrection showed that Jesus had the power over death and that God was satisfied with His sacrifice for us. It also showed that we will be resurrected one day too.

This truth changed my life and gave me a new purpose – to live for Him. In a sense I was dead in my sins and then I was raised to a new life with Jesus.

I believe the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus are the most significant events in human history. I believe that if you want true life now it all begins with Jesus.

Today I would encourage you to visit my peace with God page so you can begin afresh with Jesus. You can find it here.

God Bless,

Dave

What could I do more of…?

September 23, 2025

What could you do more of?

I would like more the Holy Spirit in my life. I would like to be empowered to live like Jesus and display more of the fruit of the Spirit in the world around me.

But in truth it is not about me getting more of the Holy Spirit, it is about the Holy Spirit getting more of me!

Paul Little in his book “Know What You Believe” said,“To be filled with the Spirit means we allow Him to occupy, guide, and control every area of our lives. His power can then work through us, making us effectively fruitful for God and flooding our hearts with His joy” (p. 78).

When we come to accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we become born again by the Holy Spirit. He then takes up residence in us to empower us and make us more like Christ. So as Christians we all have the same Holy Spirit, in the same measure, the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead (Romans 8:9-11).

As Paul Little says in his book, it is about allowing the Holy Spirit free reign in our lives. It is allowing Him to have all of us in complete surrender. Then He can live in and through us.

If I am honest, this sounds really scary and really exciting at the same time! But what a journey it would be if we surrendered fully to the Holy Spirit. Imagine the difference we could make in this world.

Life without music?

September 18, 2025

What would your life be like without music?

I could not imagine what life would be life with music. It would certainly be different.

I love all types of music and I love singing along to my favourite songs, especially in the car where no one else can hear me! Although my wife assures me I have a good singing voice, I am not a confident singer.

Music is also tied in to worship for me. Some of my favourite songs are worship songs. I love to sing and worship God alone, but I also love worshipping with others in church.

So I think my life would be very different without music, especially worship music.

Curious about?

September 8, 2025

What are you curious about?

This is a good question today. What am I curious about? Lately I have been curious about ageing well in the next phase of life.

I have noticed as I get older my body and mind need more rest between bigger efforts. I have found in the gym, I need more days to recover between workouts. The same goes big efforts mentally.

I built a website for our church in the last few weeks. Years ago when I worked as a webmaster I would build huge websites and intranets and it would not take much out of me, but these days it requires more rest afterwards.

So I am curious about work, rest, recovery and ageing well and how that all works in the next phase of life.

Go and watch an AFL game

July 26, 2025

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?

I think I would go and watch an AFL game or two in Melbourne with my wife. She has family over there so we could visit the too.