HopeCalls Collection of Blogs

The Birth of Hope (January 2011)

I can recall when Hopecalls was born, I remember the surge of inspiration, where I was at the time- in the surroundings of the New Forest, with its wandering ponies, fluffy miniature cows, its vast majestic forest and sprawling coast chequered with craggy rocks and giant pebbles...more

Reflections on Humility (February 2011)

I have been praying about developing the ability to deny self for a little while now- and since that time I have encountered many situations where the true nature of “self” is a little more exposed and its not a pretty sight!! Not that I thought it was an easy task- on the contrary I knew it would be challenging but the extent to which “self”, “me” “I” crop up is unbelievable- more often than not is the honest answer...more

Fear: Casting Pearls Before Swine (March 2011)

I spoke to a friend recently who’d also been experiencing testing times with fear she found a practical answer in claiming the following promise: “The Lord God will help me, I will set my face as flint for I know I will never be ashamed” (Isaiah 50:19). As we talked about fear- (I am resisting the urge to call it an emotion by the way- I will explain why later) we discovered that it is a sin with origins in unbelief...more

Happiness: Our Walk With Christ (April 2011)

Oh how I wish it was me- I would sit at our Lords feet, nothing could drag me away from His warmth and gentle wisdom. Perhaps I would be different from them. Hindsight is such a wonderful thing! ...more

Anger: Zeal for Righteousness (May 2011)

We too can grow up to become solid and sturdy, robust and promising- but in reality we are working for ourselves and not the master...more

Beside Still Waters (January 2012)

Probably the most famous Psalm of all, the well known, well loved and well remembered, “The Lord’s Prayer” seems to have world wide appeal. It was David, the Shepherd turned King, who first introduced God as “Jehovah Rohi” as he approached old age. There was no-one more qualified than David to compare God to a shepherd our source of comfort, encouragement, peace and hope...more

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Peace: The Fruit Of Righteousness (March 2013)

We live in a world where peace is seen as a poor relation to fun, excitement, fame, fortune and popularity. Peace does not sell papers: neither does it grab headlines or our attention...more

Faith: The Substance of Our Hope (January 2013)

As believers, there is another type of faith which is more definate as it relates to faith in God, faith in Christ and our need for salvation, which to me sums up the whole point of our lives on this planet called Earth...more

A Weary Soul’s Rest (October 2012)

Liberally distributed throughout the bible are important statements- bible promises of rest whether physical, emotional or spiritual. Our duty as sufferers of such unrest is to take God at his word and ask him to make good on his promises...more

Peace (August 2012)

Once implemented, the benefits of this exercise so fortify the Christian that they are able to withstand persecution, reviling and insults for their faith whilst at the same time, maintain a peaceable composure devoid of offence (Matthew 5:11-12)...more

Prayer: A Marvellous Journey (June 2012)

I can’t deny that in the early days, prayer was like a verbal "talisman" something that I had to say to feel safe at night just in case something happened. What prayer did, albeit imperfectly for me, which was and still is deeply embedded into my soul, is to connect me to my Heavenly Father...more

If Trees Could Walk (May 2012)

Stick with me on this journey while I make this point. When we see people as trees and walking ones at that- we are not seeing our fellow man in the way God intended us to see them. We may see others as useful to us: meeting our basic needs, but not the same as Us...more

Magnify the Lord with Me (April 2012)

Mary must have been a teenager with outstanding faith. Just imagine the scene- she is engaged to be married to Joseph and an angel appears to tell her that she will give birth to the Messiah that people had been waiting for over a thousand years...more

Depression: Tending the Flock (March 2012)

In these brief lines (Isaiah 40:11) we find the manifold qualities of God the Shepherd of His sheep: Compassionate; Actively involved in caring for us; Comforting; Gently leading. There may be times when we ourselves think or hear others say that God is unjust, unfair or cruel. Why did God allow this to happen? We encounter depictions of human cruelty or natural disasters that cause the death and suffering of thousands. Where is God when we need Him?...more

Love: The Spirit’s Fruit (February 2012)

According to Paul in the verse above one of the functions of the Holy Spirit, is to bear fruit in our lives. The fact that they are “fruit” and not “fruits” suggest that they originate from one source- just like an apple tree can only produce apples and a peach tree, only peaches; the Holy Spirit can only produce “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.”...more