LifeHouse Church Melbourne

Ordinary People

Linda Bailey — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:30:57 +0000

Categories: Acts

Acts 3.4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” Ordinary People Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: I am a very ordinary person. On the outside I certainly look ordinary (less-than-ordinary most days!) as I’m not the certainly person who would get a double-take when they’re walking [...]

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Speaking the Language

Linda Bailey — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:47:57 +0000

Categories: Acts

Tags: Acts 2

Acts 2.8 “… Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?” (NIV Bible) Speaking the Language Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation:I’m fairly hopeless in learning other languages. I learnt Indonesian for 3 years of high school and can now only remember a simple greeting; I had to [...]

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Both/And

Linda Bailey — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:57 +0000

Categories: Acts

Tags: Acts 2

Acts 2.46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts… (NIV Bible) Both/And Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation:I’m a both/and kind of girl, not an either/or. Let me explain: If someone says do you prefer either chocolate [...]

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Crazy Christians

Linda Bailey — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:47:57 +0000

Categories: Acts

Tags: Acts 2

Acts 2.15 “These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!” (NIV Bible) Crazy Christians Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: Have you ever been to a new place and felt perplexed about what happens there? I can remember going to a theatre restaurant for the first time. I had [...]

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God`s schedule

Linda Bailey — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:47:57 +0000

Categories: Acts

Tags: Acts 1

Acts 1.7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.” (NIV Bible) God`s schedule Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: Open confession time: I am a task-orientated person! This means that I work well to deadlines, my life is controlled [...]

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Lost In Translation

Linda Bailey — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:36 +0000

Categories: Proverbs

Tags: Proverbs 31

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Proverbs 31:10 (NIV Bible) Lost In Translation Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: From verse 10 onwards this final chapter of Proverbs is actually written as an acrostic where each verse begins with a successive letter from the Hebrew alphabet. [...]

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God’s Amazing World

Linda Bailey — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:00:03 +0000

Categories: Proverbs

Tags: Proverbs 30

“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden. Proverbs 30:18-19 (NIV Bible) God’s [...]

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Inflatable Ball Challenge

Linda Bailey — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:45 +0000

Categories: Proverbs

Tags: Proverbs 29

A fool gives vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 29:11 (NIV Bible) Inflatable Ball Challenge Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: Holding in your anger is like holding inflatable balls under the water. If you force an inflatable ball under the water it will try to push it’s [...]

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What Could I Possibly Do?

Linda Bailey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:52 +0000

Categories: Proverbs

Tags: Proverbs 28

He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses. Proverbs 28:27 (NIV Bible) What Could I Possibly Do? Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: When you stand in the middle of a slum you can’t hide from the stench of decay that fills your [...]

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Rubbing Off On Others

Linda Bailey — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:09 +0000

Categories: Proverbs

Tags: Proverbs 27

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 (NIV Bible) Rubbing Off On Others Submitted by Ps Linda Bailey Observation: Before I got married I lived in a house with a few other girls. Although we called it ‘The Cubby’ it was actually a huge house in the outer suburbs. It was [...]

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