The Bible is full of episodes of real experiences that people throughout time can relate with. Sure there are those occasioons that not everyone goes through. As yet I’ve not been needed to take stroll across a sea in a rough and stormy situation. I’ve not lived in a asmall village that was surrounded by […]
Read More A Good Companion for the CrisisThe day is long and exhausting. All I want to do at the end of it is to rest. And the end of it can be fairly late on. There’s the time invested in the workplace. There’s the quality time with the children. There’s the conversations with other loved ones. It is not a chore, […]
Read More Sunrise on OpportunityYou’ve been here all your life, haven’t you? You probably think this is home. Everyone and everything you know surrounds you and is familiar to you. Sure, you might have some tough times with it and it’s not perfect, but you know that there’s no such thing as perfection in this existence. It’s about making […]
Read More Invitation to a Great JourneyEvery culture, every generation, every person has an opportunity to enjoy freedom. The freedom to do whatever you want to do, sounds really appealing on the surface. That element of not having to be pigeon-holed by others or not having to take on what other people say you should be certainly helps you avoid being […]
Read More A Question of Freedom Worth Fighting ForWhat freedom? They faced immense opposition. The hostility towards them went beyond words. Some of them shed blood. Some even died. They died, they bled, they suffered for what they believed in. What they beleived was that it was only right that their people should be free. Their death would not be in vain, said […]
Read More The Fight For What Freedom?My parents worked hard day and night to provide a good home for their children. They worked in the place of employment during the day and during the night they worked just as hard in their diligence around the home and in engaging with their children and their church family. In fact to some degree […]
Read More Learning About RestThe beautiful thing about walking with Jesus is that He is very real. He is not inviting you to an easy life. He is not inviting you to a smooth life where everything goes your way. Not only does He explicitly tell you to expect opposition He even shows you how to respond to that […]
Read More Dealing with OppositionYou know all about progress. In the beginning, you created the heavens and earth. On day one you created light. On day two you separated the heavens from the earth and established the realms. On day three you divided the land from the waters and on the land you allowed vegetation to sprout. On day […]
Read More About Progress – A Prayerful ReflectionThere’s something that goes on with our thinking. We will keep going with something if we see the point in it and that point is far greater than anything that we go through to get there. Often, however, there are a number of issues that crop up that makes the point of persevering very hard […]
Read More Why Should You Keep Going?When I feel small and insignificant. When I think I cannot make it. When I think the odds against me are too great. When I think I’m too weak to make it. I thank you for your word that reminds me that it has absolutely nothing to do with me other than my capacity to […]
Read More Undefeated: A Prayerful Reflection
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