came under real attack yesterday - feel yucky from it still so please pray. i am really frustrated because if we have the authority to call on the powerful name of Jesus and he is the King of Kings then why does the devil have so much control? in the situation concerned the devil managed to steal and destroy some very precious things and if i wasn't as in love with God as i am at the moment then maybe some stuff would have been killed off. i want to live a life that glorifies God - not through who i am but by him having room to move in me and through me. if the name of Jesus saves then i want to see more of that - not the repelling effect that it so often has!! having said that we have seen several people come to know God and start living in the kingdom over the last couple of months and i love that, but there is stil 97% of Sheffield who don't go to church and so presumably don't know how much God loves them. (nb. not that going to 'church' is the only place you can have a relationship with God. being 'curch' is a far better way!!!!)

sorry to be heavy on a monday morning. off to get dressed now and to take 3 year old isla to nursery. we're looking after her for a week - we'll try and get a photo on the blog!