The Lies of the Enemy
I have recently returned from the powerful Riverbank conference, a weekend away for women in The Salvation Army in the UK. The weekend was packed full of worship, community and above all truth and I am still trying to unpack it all. Today I have been thinking about our first evening at the Riverbank and the life transforming message of Major David Betteridge the Director of Family ministries Before David came to speak to us we spent some time in worship and we sung this years ‘theme song’ for the conference. The words were striking and seemed to provide the scaffold for all the words of truth that we would hear throughout the weekend. One of the verses said: Thou are the bread of life, O lord, to me, Thy Holy word and truth, That saveth me; Give me to eat and live With thee above; Teach me to love Thy truth, For thou art love. What a profound statement “Teach me to Love Thy truth, for thou art love.” As I sang those words, little did I know what liberating...