Often the challenge of remaining faithful is when times get tough, but what about when there’s an experience of great success? A few of us have been studying the book of Kings. It’s a fascinating book. Full of episodes that marvel and astonish with character profiles of individuals that challenge us about character. Recently we […]
Read More Staying Faithful – A Test of CharacterNo pressure. The Apostle Paul must have been an interesting fella to work with. Imagine. Your name’s Timothy, you’ve been hanging around Paul for a few years observing how he does this whole apostolic thing from area to area. You’ve got involved to a degree in some of this work as well. As you did […]
Read More Set An ExampleFor so long she was an afterthought. They didn’t notice her. Others were louder, others made more of a presence, others were far more sociable and popular. When things happened, they would go to the others and they didn’t notice her. They didn’t notice her because she just got on with her job. They didn’t […]
Read More No Longer An AfterthoughtWe are here for a reason. We are made by God for the purpose of good works. There is plenty of good works to be getting on with in being a blessing to our homes, our workplaces, our neighbourhoods, our communities. No we can’t do everything and there’s no pressure on us to get everything […]
Read More March for the MissionIt is not glamorous to march together. There’s marching through unpleasant circumstances. No one is looking on admiringly. No one is applauding. It’s just the crew in marching through. There’s marching through opposition. Efforts by individuals and groups to disturb and distract the movement. There’s marching through setbacks and defeats. Not every march is about […]
Read More March ThroughShe doesn’t get the headlines. Her name is rarely mentioned. Others get the media attention. Others are approached at the end of the meetings. Others get the emails and letters. Others get the plaudits. Those others, though, in their quiet time and when they are asked privately will say without hesitation that she is the […]
Read More Diligence: Thoroughly To The Best Of Your AbilityI’m very grateful for my good friend. There I was, concerned about how would we get the people, how would we market what we were doing, how would people get onto it. There he was with the crucial words of wisdom. Obedience in following and diligence in doing is all that’s required. The initial relationship […]
Read More Diligence: Keep On Doing What You’re Called To DoThe seed falls into the ground. Then, after a while, people are picking fruit from the tree that came from the seed. And in that fruit that came from the tree are more seeds. Seeds that when they fall into the ground can replicate that whole process again. How that process happens is something that […]
Read More Diligence: Seed and FruitTake the hit. Stevie Wonder produced a song he co-wrote over 45 years ago that depicts the breakdown of a relationship. The song is an account from the perspective of the person who wrecked the relationship. The song goes on to express how a number of things could be blamed for the breakdown, but at […]
Read More Take The HitShe was taking on a lot. It was something I had got accustomed to. It was clear that she was the sort to look out for others and not really take the care for herself. In the brief conversations we had, I could see that there was someone who used work and busyness to cover […]
Read More I Am Not The Guy
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