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Micha Jazz

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Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.

Knowing God

For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray...

Wellbeing

My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart for they are life to those who find them and health to...

Loving God

Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8 Spiritual formation is the heartbeat of discipleship. It is a journey on which we deliberately and...

Belief With Legs

These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31 Understanding and belief are different. Belief is the acceptance that something...

Do You Love Me?

The third time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ He said, ‘Lord, you know all things; you know that...

Acknowledgement

Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’ John 20:29 Thomas is forever associated with doubt, when in fact he was full of belief. He...

Peace

For a second time, Jesus speaks peace over the disciples. When something is repeated in scripture, it is a clear assurance of its truth. We see this throughout the psalms, and it strengthens faith. This peace is confirmed by...

Presence

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ John 20:19 When...

Discovery

Finally the other disciple (John), who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. John 20:8 It’s said that ‘seeing is believing’. The inexplicable must be seen for what others say can’t be trusted. We need...

Despondency

She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means ‘Teacher’). John 20:16 I have discovered that Jesus often surprises me. Despondent because of apparently unanswered prayers or engaged in challenging life circumstances, I assume that Jesus is...