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If Christ could extend mercy to those who crucified Him, how much more should we extend mercy to our leaders, praying for their salvation and Godly wisdom?

Grief is an emotion that is very real, very powerful and it is a result of a great loss or sorrow. When we are convicted by the Holy Spirit, it is always with a great deal of compassion, providing a way to bring us closer to the Lord.

Sandy Shoshani, National Director of the Be’ad Chaim pro-life ministry in Israel whom we support, states that 2 million babies have been aborted since the founding of Israel in 1948. In the Holocaust, 1.5 million children were killed.

We are not told if the traveller eventually continued travelling down the road to Jericho after he recovered from his injuries. Presumably, he did. May many women continue their pregnancy journey because they have been shown mercy!

There’s plenty to be amazed about when we think of Jesus, but one particular aspect of Him has me constantly astounded. As the Holy One of God walks around, we see an amazing paradox: those who should be most fearful of Him – people steeped in sin – actually flee to Him.

The antidote to lies is the truth. Jesus has told us in the book of John: “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Our broken world is crying out for those who know the truth to speak it.

Who is the "greatest" in God's Kingdom? Someone who is humble like all little children. One clear way to become humble is to sincerely love little children, the unborn and newborn, and lovingly welcome them just as Jesus did.

As we consider the injustice of babies born alive and left to die, and the injustice of the Crisafulli gag motion, we should meditate on why powerful people find their careers threatened by children to the point where they decree their killing.

A significant remarkable cultural shift has quietly occurred in the last year or so, restoring recognition of 26 January as our national day. Please feel free to print and circulate the attached prayer guide designed to help Christians pray ahead of Australia Day.

In the always-remaining, culture-defying objective truth of the Gospel, meaning is found in those few precious, all-sacrificial words in John 3:16, ‘For God so loved’. That is why we LOVE babies in the womb, that is why we LOVE their mothers and their fathers.

“Stepping out” is not easy. Here are three crucial things to help you take your first step into something that seems impossible.

If the action of abortion is not consistent with loving God and my neighbour as God commands, and is therefore not consistent with worshipping God in Spirit and Truth, then does abortion actually constitute worship of another entity?

Robin Millhouse, the main architect of South Australia's abortion reform laws, expressed the burden he carried for being part of that reform. “I deeply regret that the medical profession — and the lawyers — interpreted the law too widely. It has become abortion on demand. I did not intend it to be that.”

In a world where the voiceless are often ignored, the unborn are among the most vulnerable. Over 80,000 lives are lost annually to abortion in Australia alone — a statistic that demands both our attention and action.

Our thankfulness to God for who He is, and what He has already done, provides a wonderful foundation for all the prayers we will yet pray.

We are the empowered ones to take up the battle to see an end to abortion. It takes courage and unity to not give up but to listen to the Lord’s strategy — to abide in Him asking for wisdom, knowing that the timing of the destruction of the enemies’ work is in God’s timing.

The history of the Shepherd's Field, from its Old Testament origins with Ruth and Boaz to its visitation by angels at the birth of Jesus, is a reminder of God's sovereign plans for our lives.

The story of Zacchaeus teaches us the importance of examining our hearts as we seek purity, humility and restoration.

This Christmas may I invite you to take time, amongst all the activity that comes with this time of year, to express your gratitude for Jesus — that priceless, incomparable gift of God to us all.

As we celebrate the incarnation this Christmas, may we open our hearts to Christ our God that we may be embraced by His love, His peace, and His joy, and become Christ-like in our entire being.