You have a choice about what you think and how you think about it. Your perspective can be in terms of how bad things are, how bad things have been and how much worse it can get. That option is open to you. You can also think about what good is available, what positives you […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Think About ItPeople use the word “hallelujah” as a praise in itself. What’s interesting about that is the word is an instruction to praise – an invitation to let loose with what praise is all about. When the psalmist put together what’s referred to as the 34th psalm he gives a masterful display of what it is […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Psalm 34Do it to please them or do it to please Him? Getting good counsel to make good decisions is crucial because underneath those decisions is what it says about who you want to please. There are many who mean well, but whose path leads away from what pleases Him. This is why it helps to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Decide To Please Who?The Bible is very helpful to help followers of Jesus in their journey. Prayer is crucial to that journey. There are plenty of prayers in scripture that are inspiring and uplifting, as well as that, though, they’re instructive as to what we can learn about prayer. This was the thinking that motivated the first episode […]
Read More Word In, Word Out – Episode 01: On Psalm 86The letter to the church in Rome by the Apostle Paul is rightly considered to be epic. This is the kind of letter that groups of believers should sit and listen to being read out in total. Listen to it being read in its entirety and then sit and consider together what they’ve just heard […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Romans 6When someone messes up, attention is drawn to the mess for commentary and analysis. That degree of spectating should also be attached to the amazing and miraculous work of a person in a hopeless and helpless condition have their situation reversed completely. When someone does something like that it should be the cause for celebration […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Look What He’s DoneMy dear friend, the Captain, Kelvin, loves the character and book of Nehemiah. With good reason. It’s worthwhile considering the book as an insight into the heart of a man that loves God and loves the people of God and uses his position to bring about the much needed change. It was my privilege to […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Nehemiah 1There are the people that get the headlines. There are people for whom no lines will be written. They will not be written by the hands of man, but their efforts are seen and are being written by a hand of a greater value. Thank you, Lord, for those who may never be remembered by […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Not in VainThe idea of making the most of the words I have has been something that has followed me for decades. Making the most of the words was seen in making notes of those words and storing them in notepads. Making the most of the words was seen in putting some of those words together to […]
Read More Word In, Word Out – Welcome and Episode 01Writing to someone you love is not a forgotten art. It still takes place today. What helps us to do it well today is considering how well others did it in yesteryear. There can be no doubt that Paul loved the saints in Ephesus a great deal. The time he spent there in developing the […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Ephesians 6
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