Realisation. What a wonderful word. It’s scary as well. But there’s more about being full of wonder than the scary thing. It’s scary though. Scary in the sense of that dawning realisation of the condition that you’re in that you did not recognise until you … realised. I mean when you realise it’s scary because […]
Read More Within Reach: When You Realise …It was not just about proclaiming the coming Kingdom. It was about teaching about it as well. What underpinned that rule of God to be experienced by His followers. Having established Kingdom character in his teaching on the Mount, Jesus uttered something that still has radical consequences today: You are the light of the world. […]
Read More King Jesus Says – ShineCentripetal and centrifugal. One draws in to the centre. One gives out from the centre. One wants to be the focus. One sees the focus beyond self. The phone rings. It’s Kevin. He asks how I am. He takes the time to hear me out. I ask about him and he offers a decent response, […]
Read More Generosity in RelationshipsMoses has three different audiences – God, Israel and Egypt. This is all new to him. He has previously understood about the people that he belonged to and the people who adopted him. He was in a position of privilege, but as he discovered he was not in a position of desired influence. Years away […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 6 – Stuck In The MiddleThe idea is to start with the understanding that you have immense ability. For that understanding to be embedded you have to appreciate the power of your thoughts. If you concentrate enough on a thought, what you can do with it can be instructive. It’s not to say that the power of thought achieves anything […]
Read More Who Rules? What To Do With Thought?It’s remarkable that a command can be an invitation and yet that’s exactly what is going on in the good news being declared. It’s not just good news that should bring a smile to the face and cheery feeling in the soul. It’s not the good news that should make us feel better for a […]
Read More King Jesus Says – RepentIt wasn’t the sympathy that did it. It wasn’t the sentiments in words that did it. It’s when he sat next to me, put his arm around my shoulder and sobbed with me. In that moment it was like he didn’t feel for me – he felt with me. Not just that, but the degree […]
Read More Compassion in RelationshipsIt had been so long since he had seen his brother. Now, due to his efforts at putting off the call of God on his life, Moses had been offered a great support in his efforts. The dynamic of the relationship would take on great value for Moses in accomplishing the task laid out for […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 5 – Resolving Family AffairsClear contrasts can be made. On the one side, He rules in righteousness. He operates in love. The product of His rule is peace and that evokes joy in those who are ruled by Him. He inspires by His example of service. He offers every necessary help to live up the rule . He supports […]
Read More Who Rules? Knowing The Real Thing(What is it to be a godly woman in an ungodly world? This question inspired me to invite some talented writers to contribute their responses. Shirley R. Evans, based in Manchester, is first and foremost passionate about seeing Kingdom impact in her local community. Inspired by the question, in the first part Shirley embarked on getting the […]
Read More Freedom and the Godly Woman: 6 – Beyond Churchianity to Real Freedom
