A testimony was shared at the gathering. A brother who had been a regular for months and been involved with some of the hospitality for the brethren stood to share his testimony. He had hit on hard times to such an extent that he spent weeks living out of his car travelling to and from […]
Read More When Should It Matter To The Community?The Bible is a collection of writings. The variety of writing is fascinating. One type of writing that can get obscured is the style of the prophets, especially those referred to as minor prophets. The reason we have these books is to get an insight into who God is and how He relates to humanity. […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – ObadiahIt’s challenging being your own harshest critic. Fault-finding and never being satisfied with accomplishments. This downplays the benefits of acknowledging achievements and being grateful. Noting what went well and seeing progress can help stimulate faith. It might be insignificant to others, but when you see it for what it is and give thanks to God, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Celebrate Success Moving ForwardsWe are a work in progress. This phrase should be used just as much when things go right for us as when things go wrong. Each experience is is a part of the building project, if we’re conscious of what is being built and by whom. Wrong steps offer the opportunity for correction. Right steps […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Building and FixingLove woncerful love. Such a word with so much interest and so prone to misunderstanding. Thank God He expressed what His love is like throughout scripture and made it an important part of what it is to know Him, serve Him and serve others. Thank God that Paul wrote about it so clearly to the […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – 1 Corinthians 13“I understand.” To hear those words from someone and see how true it rings from them is immense. Consider what it is to be understood and then given the time to work through and the space to develop on that. What a blessing that is. So rare and so valuable. And it is something we’re […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Time, Space & UnderstandingThere is something powerful about the word of God. Appreciating it, listening to it, contemplating it and living out the direction of God found in it. Something so powerful. This is something I only began to apreciate when I got older, but I got the impression it was something my parents valued, especially as they […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Psalm 1It happens to be that a lot of their time was spent talking about what was wrong, how it was wrong and the bad feeling about the wrong. Such is their expertise in the area that it almost came across as their specialist subject. What was glaring in its omission was a focus on what […]
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