When you thought it was safe to avoid a blog conveniently making analogies related to football to coincide with the Euros and Copa America, here I am with another analogy about football. There are so many connections between football and discipleship that it wouldn’t take much for me to make a gospel connection with any […]
Read More JJ 24 #41: This Will Take A Team – Part OneWhat a goal! Different roles and positions are involved in the sport commonly known as football, which some call “soccer” (I’m praying for you). The game is about attack and defence. The defence is to stop goals from being conceded. That requires discipline, organisation, focus, understanding and an alert team approach. There’s a lot to […]
Read More JJ 24 #40: Celebrating CreativityJesus, He’s my King. One of the gospel artists that I enjoy listening to is John P. Kee. He had this set up called the Victory in Praise workshop and mass choir, and every so often, he’d produce an album featuring tracks performed at the annual event. One of those is called “Jesus, He’s my […]
Read More JJ 24 #39: Jesus the KingIt’s a profound understanding to reach. God created you individually, each one of you a unique masterpiece, and He knew exactly what He was doing when He did that. He knows and relates to you for who He created you to be. At the same time, you are part of something more than yourself and […]
Read More JJ 24 #38: Part of the ProjectTurn up, sit down, stand up, sit down, sing up, shut up, listen up, shout out, laugh out, stand up, pay up, sing out, pray up, chat up, get out. While the routine may be familiar to many, it’s not the only experience. There are diverse experiences and routines, each with its own value. However, […]
Read More JJ 24 #37: What A FellowshipThe Bible. The most important collection of documents available to humanity is also the most vulnerable to misuse, abuse, and, worse still, neglect. My Dad was upstairs in his room night after night. He wasn’t bothered with television. He couldn’t be bothered with the radio either. Night after night, he could devote his time to […]
Read More JJ 24 #36: A Word about the WordMy hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus’ name (Edward Mote) I sang the lines to this song many times in my formative years at church. It’s a good link to Jesus’s statement at the end of His teaching […]
Read More JJ 24 #35: All Other Ground …Trust. I keep returning to this word and value it more and more with each passing day. I don’t dismiss the term “love,” and I understand why people get so hung up on it. To me, though, trust is a more important term. I hear people give away the word love cheaply when they say […]
Read More JJ 24 #34: A Matter of TrustYou must do what is right. It’s very sad that we live in an age where what is right can be personalised. It suggests that what is right is only what is right for you. And it goes on to suggest that just because it’s right for you does not mean it’s right for everyone […]
Read More JJ 24 #33: What’s RightI may have mentioned that I do not subscribe to the idea that the ends justify the means. That type of mentality reminds me of the kind of people I used to know who were very ambitious. Driven people who were clear that the goal was all and anything they could do to reach it […]
Read More JJ 24 #32: Ways and Means
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