Faith Girl

God With Us

What does that really mean to us personally and practically? It has been said that you can teach people what you know but that you reproduce who and what you are. They say the longer you are with someone, the more likely it is that you will become like them. This is especially true of…

Knowing God Series: The Power of God’s Names

The Power of God’s Names … They tell us Who He is … what He is like … about His nature … They help us KNOW Him; truly and truthfully … “That I may know Him…” Philippians 3:10 The Names of God in the Word tell us a lot about what He is like; His…

His eye is on the sparrow!

One week before our new house build was due to be starting, everything went into lockdown in our country, due to the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. One week!!! After all the waiting and all the many delays (Council consents had finally come through after 5 long months)….we were so close and yet so far…

Knowing God: What is He like?

What is He like? What is His nature? Finding personal security and worth in God alone is the only thing that can truly free a person to be who they were meant to be.

Too many Christians don’t know God. They think they do, but they only know Him through other people, what other Christians have told them….and sometimes that is wrong.
Some know Him only as an Old Testament God of wrath; judgemental, distant, unapproachable, punishing, heavy-handed, to be feared…..others know Him only as the New Testament God of grace, who will put up with and tolerate anything and everything in the name of grace.

It Takes Guts to Leave the Ruts

Annette’s brand new book, It Takes Guts to Leave the Ruts, follows her journey of discovering the power of faith to transform a life. The trauma from a childhood of physical, sexual and emotional abuse left its mark on her life in paralysing fear, anxiety, depression and self hatred. She, more than anyone, knows what…

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Why You Should Write a Book (part 1)

There is more inside of you than you even know. You have a message, something that matters to you… something you would share with somebody….why have it leave the earth when you leave the earth? You have a voice on a particular topic. You already have a voice, but when you write that book –…

Transformed

I am so excited by this Scripture (Romans 12:2)!! Oh, how I love the power of this Word!! Because that is truly the story of my life!!! I have been literally “Transformed by Faith”….from Crippling Fear, Childhood Abuse, Depression and Self-hatred, to a life of Wholeness, Purpose and Courageous Faith. The Passion Translation of the…

On Your Bike!

I recently bought my first bike…..a ladies vintage bicycle….it has even got a cute little basket on the front….and oh, a bell……so styley! I’ve never owned my own bike before. As a kid the only bike we had was my brother’s, and I did learn to ride on that. I have the scars on my…

My First Job

My first job, while I was still at high school, was picking strawberries at the market garden down the side road beside where I lived. Summertime! Berries! Yay! It meant rising while it was still dark at around 5 am and biking (on my brother’s bike) or walking down the gravel road to the Vander…

What on Earth are You Thinking?

The other day I was meditating on how our thoughts and our words stir up emotions on the inside of us. It’s amazing that one little thought, one little reminder of something good – or bad – can trigger a whole chain of reaction through our nervous system, and change our whole countenance. Our emotions…

Rejection

Almost all of us have experienced rejection at one time or another. Rejection is a common experience, that can cause permanent spiritual wounds, and is at the root of many problems. Rejection may have been relatively minor, or so devastating that it affected your whole life and all your relationships. Common ways we can experience rejection…

He Loves Me!

Did you ever play “He loves me, He loves me not” with daisy petals as a child or teenager? “He loves me”….”He loves me not”….”He loves me”…..”He loves me not”. As you worked your way around the flower picking off each petal and letting it fall to the ground, supposedly whichever was the last phrase…