There are things that Jesus says that are warm and comforting. Those looking to market Jesus’ model of the Kingdom would absolutely love the invitation for those who are heavy-laden to come to Him to find rest. They would totally love that. They would be all over the acts of healing that would really be […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Enter By the Narrow GateFollow One Course Until Success (Part 3 of the FOCUS series. The other parts to the series can be accessed by clicking here for part 1 and clicking here for part 2.) Climb the frame, jump over the wall, run across the track, swim across the pool, cycle along the gravel and sprint to the […]
Read More CourseFollow One Course Until Success (Part 1 of the FOCUS series.) It was my cousin, Paul, who sent me a message with that acronym. I had not come across it before. It came at a very good time for me as well, with so much going on in my life. This acronym, this instruction for […]
Read More FollowThe commission calls for a commitment. Some people want to go to heaven when they die. Some are captured by a vision of bliss and want that. Some enjoy the thought of eternal security. The Kingdom of God stimulates in the hearts of the disciples of Christ a desire there to be more disciples of […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Five: Make DisciplesA friend of mine was talking to me recently. I’ve got a lot of time for him and admire him a great deal for his loving character, his great sense of humour and grounded approach to life, his humility makes a massive impression every time we converse. As we conversed, he told me about feeling […]
Read More UntappedHave you ever been distracted? Simon Peter knows just the feeling. There was that one time when of all the disciples that saw Jesus walk on the water, it was Peter who had the boldness to call out to get Jesus to prove Himself. It was Peter who took the invitation and took those tentative […]
Read More A Peter Profile: 06 – Then He Got DistractedMaybe he needed to find out more about this guy he was following. Simon thought he knew who he was following. From the time that he responded to Jesus calling him, Simon had been fascinated by this man. The way He healed, the way He taught, the way He treated people. His brother, Andrew, had […]
Read More A Peter Profile: 05 – Who Is He Following?“Why are you here?” “She’s gone.” “Yes. I know she’s gone.” “I miss her.” “I appreciate that you miss her.” “I don’t know how I’ll carry on. She meant so much to me, she did so much for me. How am I supposed to keep going?” “Did she give you the impression to see her […]
Read More Now Carry OnThere is something so fascinating about exploring someone’s life. When I read a good biography, the writer engages me to a really deep degree in terms of trekking the life of the subject in question. The ups and downs, the influences and the detractors, the successes and the failures, what others would not know or […]
Read More A Peter Profile: 01 Why Peter?Who does that? I had the great privilege on sitting in on a bible study. The person leading the study was exploring the episode of the man who was paralysed at the pool of Bethesda for 38 years. Now that particular episode has a great deal of significance for me because of the challenge in […]
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