Robert Pender

  • A question of faith

    How much do you trust God? How strong is your faith? Can you honestly say that you 'will not' fear if trouble comes? Or is it more that you think you should not fear, or might not fear?

    Created 12 days ago

    Psalm 46:2 (NIV)

  • Fear the Lord

    Normally for us, fear involves losing something: job, family, life, money. Here we see that fear of the Lord is the reverse: we don't lose, we gain!

    Created 21 days ago

    Psalm 34:9 (NLT)

  • Romans 12:9

    Romans 12:9 (NLT)
    Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Faith

    Note that Peter didn't pray for the beggar. He had do much faith that he just declared healing on him

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 3:6 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Hosea 10:12

    Hosea 10:12 (NIV)
    Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: righteousness

  • Showing yourself to be a Christian

    2 Corinthians 6:6 (NLT)
    We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Who, me?

    The news of the capture of Gaddafi yesterday was an amazing breakthrough for the people of Libya, but it caused a mixture of emotions in me. The first and strongest emotion came out as "Good, he got what…

    Created 8 months ago

    Jeremiah 16:10 (NIV)

  • Deuteronomy 8:17-18

    Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (NLT)
    He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-09-24

  • Spread it around

    Fear is more than spreadable. It's contagious. That's scary, isn't it? Read more about what God thinks of fear in my blog. (http://pender.org.uk/index.php/2011/09/spread-it-around/)

    Created 9 months ago

    Deuteronomy 20:8 (NLT)

  • 1 Chronicles 4:10

    1 Chronicles 4:10 (NLT)
    He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Where there's a will.....

    Are you a procrastinator? I don’t know whether I am or not – I’ll tell you tomorrow.We probably all are, to some extent, some of us more expert than others. It will always depend on the issue at hand,…

    Created 9 months ago

    Psalm 91:14 (NLT)

  • God's promise

    Psalm 91:14-16 (NLT)
    The LORD says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: god's promises

  • Revelation 5:10

    Revelation 5:10 (NLT)
    And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.”

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: chosen people

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    Deuteronomy 7:6 (NLT)
    For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

    Created 9 months ago

    Labels: chosen people

  • Chosen people

    1 Peter 2:9 (NLT)
    But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-08-21

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-08-16

  • 1 Peter 1:13-14

    1 Peter 1:13-14 (NLT)
    So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

    Created 10 months ago

  • 1 Peter 1:13

    1 Peter 1:13 (NLT)
    So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Putting on a brave face

    The recent riots in England have been quite alarming, even just watching them on the TV. It must have been terrifying for those living nearby and especially for those who have been affected by them. One…

    Created 10 months ago

    Matthew 6:16 (NLT)

  • Lack if faith can limit God's power.

    Isaiah 7:9 (NLT)
    Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria, and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah. Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.”

    Created 10 months ago

    Labels: faith

  • listen

    Proverbs 18:15 (NLT)
    Intelligent people are always ready to learn. Their ears are open for knowledge.

    Created 11 months ago

    Labels: listen

  • Light Relief

    No complaining? No arguing? How am I going to get angry if I can't complain? How can I stay angry if I don't argue? See the full post in my blog (http://pender.org.uk/index.php/2011/06/light-relief/)

    Created 11 months ago

    Philippians 2:14 (NLT)

  • Pushed, dragged or following?

    See a light-hearted take on this verse - Heel yourself! http://wp.me/p10JOK-CD

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 139:24 (NLT)

  • If it's broke, don't fix it!

    Last week at Celebrate Recovery, one of the guys said something which was interesting, alarming and funny, all at the one time, but I think “alarming” is the right description. For the sake of confidentiality,…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 5:17 (NLT)

  • Dotting the i

    What do you notice here? I you he she we they Anything? How about you he she I we they It's something that struck me the other day - the self-importance of it all. "I" is the only one we give…

    Created about 1 year ago

    John 3:30 (NLT)

  • Heartbreak Hotel

    We all have times of heartache in our lives. If we haven't, then it's one of those "not yet" things - sooner or later, heartache will probably come. It's part of life, part of growing up. We get emotionally…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Genesis 6:6 (NLT)

  • Well, well! Will, Will!

    How big is your faith? In our Celebrate Recovery (http://www.freedomcitychurch.co.uk/?page_id=431)  programme, we have been talking quite a bit about faith and, to help people get a grasp of what Jesus…

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Stormy whether

    I am very aware of the fact that the Bible is a living word that speaks into the situation that I find myself in. So often I read a passage and it means something different or something more than it ever…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 8:23 (NLT)

  • Can a Pharisee see far? I See!

    The Pharisees get a roasting in the New Testament. They first pop up in Matthew 3 and John the Baptist lays into them immediately.He doesn't see their fine robes or their importance - he just sees a brood…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 3:7 (NLT)

  • A present for the present

    It's always great to watch an artist at work. With just a few lines, a blank page can be brought to life, a story can reveal itself. But it isn't just artists that can amaze - I am stunned at how quickly…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Exodus 36:1 (NLT)

  • A sign of the times

    For most of my life IT has been a very prominent feature. Information Technology has improved exponentially during the last few years, and we can get the information we are looking for at the touch of…

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-02-07

  • Psalm 42:11

    Psalm 42:11 (NLT)
    Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Fearful Delight

    Some things we do just because we do - they sort of happen around us and we just go along with the flow. Some we do automatically, out of habit, and sometimes we don't even know we are doing them. Sometimes…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 112:1 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-02-01

  • Perfect sense

    I have blogged before about perfection in Being Perfect (http://pender.org.uk/index.php/2010/07/being-perfect/)  and it is one area where I tend to get into disagreement with other Christians, even Pastors.…

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Laughter can be bad for you

    <p>When my brother and I were very small I remember that we would sometimes get the giggles. I am sure that we started laughing for some valid reason, but when it got out of control we were just laughing…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 5:40 (NLT)

  • Out of the way!

    I found a new teacher this week. He is 28 years old by normal reckoning but as I write this he is only 48 hours old. On Tuesday morning he was in a really bad way, coming out of the wrong side of his…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 17:20 (NLT)

  • Making the best of the worst

    Can you remember the worst thing you have ever done? What category does it fall into - embarrassing, dodgy, illegal, evil? Is it worse than anything anyone you know has ever done? Does it scream at you,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Philippians 3:13 (NLT)

  • Jealousy is good!

    Can you name the seven deadly sins?I suppose it is something that isn't on the tip of everyone's tongue these days, and there will be a number of reasons for that. Firstly, people don't hear about them…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Romans 11:14 (NLT)

  • Fear is the lock

    I have blogged a couple of times on the subject of fear (Fear is the Key (http://pender.org.uk/index.php/2010/11/fear-is-the-key/) and Fearful Delight (http://pender.org.uk/index.php/2010/11/fearful-delight/)…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 12:10 (NLT)

  • The Bible is a wonderful set of instructions, and…

    The Bible is a wonderful set of instructions, and through it God will show us the way of life. But reading it isn't enough, listening to God when he tells us the way of life isn't enough. We have to follow…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 16:11 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-14

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-01-14

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2010-12-23

  • Proverbs 2:10

    Proverbs 2:10 (NLT)
    For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 34:1

    Psalm 34:1 (NLT)
    I will praise the LORD at all times. I will constantly speak his praises.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:12

    2 Corinthians 5:12 (NLT)
    Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • 1 Peter 1:18

    1 Peter 1:18 (NLT)
    For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:12

    2 Corinthians 5:12 (NIV)
    We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

    Created over 1 year ago

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