Struggling Christian, come to the Lord and confess your doubts. Admit your weakness; be honest in your desperate need and you will find the strength of God. You may be wondering whether your weak and flagging faith is enough, but little is much when you bring it to the Lord. He won’t extinguish a smouldering wick or break a bruised reed.

Metamorphosis and change is right at the heart of the Christian life. We are changed and are being changed, and on the last day we will be fully changed. The gospel tells us that we are not fatalistically determined to continue in the same destructive patterns of brokenness that we may find ourselves in today.

If you cling to your life and act as those you are the centre of the universe, then the very life that you are clinging to will slip through your fingers. It is only through dying to yourself and bowing your knee to Christ that you will find true and abiding life.