There are things done so habitually as part of life, they would only be noticed when they were not done, so ingrained are they to daily existence. Breathing is probably the one done most habitually. As we understand it, failing to do that usually means we ain’t doing the existing thing. What else could we […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Every DayThen Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 (ESVUK) Let him deny himself. The first two words never occurred to me before, because I was all about the two that follow. But “let him”. Allow him to follow these things. Don’t […]
Read More His Terms And Conditions: 2 – Deny Who?To say Jesus is an interesting figure is a great exercise in understatement. One moment He’s expressing concern for the harassed and helpless. The next He’s pointing out the standard that His Father expects when it comes to the treatment of our enemy. One moment He sees those who weary and worn and offers them […]
Read More His Terms And Conditions: 1 – An OverviewHe said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 16:15-17 (ESVUK) What an honour it must be to have an insight that could […]
Read More Revelation and RebukeYou are here. This is you. This is what you do. Yet there is where you’re heading, that is what you aim for, that is what you want to do. You know this. Yet you persist in doing what you’re doing here as though it will get you there. No. To get from here to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Need For AdjustmentsIt’s good to be helpful and it’s important to care. It is just as important to discern what is in your sphere and what goes beyond it. It’s tricky sometimes, but it’s worthwhile to know your business and focus on that. Getting the guidance to just focus on that and take it from there. That […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Your Own BusinessThere, there little ones. Hush, do not make a sound. No need to be alarmed. Nothing bad will happen to you. Just go to sleep now. Go to sleep. You’ve done all that you can and let’s face it you’re not going to make that much of a difference that matters. Why put in all […]
Read More Falling AsleepIt’s quite something. All of that put in you by His Spirit and it’s just left there. Not acted on. Not expressed. Not even hinted at. Just there. Dormant. Because of them. Because of you. There must come a time where that arrangement is simply untenable. Surely. There must be someway, somehow that there’s an […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: OutletThere really is no guarantee to live to see another day. No guarantee at all. People made plans for 2022 at the start of that year and didn’t make it to the end of the month. It doesn’t stop people making plans, but it should sober us up to recognise both our mortality and our […]
Read More Dryden Update: Going and GrowingThere’s what you’re doing and there’s who you’re doing it with. The relationship between Paul and Timothy is a fascinating one based on what we pick up in Acts and some of the church letters that Paul writes. There are, of course, the two letters that Paul writes to Timothy and what they say about […]
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