The fact that we need someone to deliver us is an interesting concept to consider. If we can get ourselves out of whatever tricky predicament we find ourselves in, then deliverance is not required. And we certainly won’t need anyone’s help where that’s concerned. Evidently, however, there are times where we will come into scrapes […]
Read More Deliver UsThey have a lot of questions about where He is in the midst of it all. Is He rebuking or reassuring? Is He recentring our focus or is He highlighting our reluctance to truly recognise Him for who He is? Although the questions rain in as to where He is in the disruption and what […]
Read More Pause for Praise: The Divine in the DisruptionWhat we did at the beginning was meet and pray. At that time it was just in one of the homes. We’d meet up, have something to eat and drink, talk about life both the subline and the ridiculous. You could really sense the development of relational bonds between us though. We were getting used […]
Read More Returning to the Basic IngredientsIt seems like the appropriate time to ask the question. Things going wrong all around. Inside and out, there doesn’t seem to be anything going right at all. So when all of that is kicking off the question is reasonable: Where is your hope now? Underneath that question is something that suggests that if the […]
Read More Where Is Your Hope Now?The work is not a curse. The work is a blessing. When viewed in that light, Carl had little problem giving himself over to it. When he saw that the work was something from God that would help the lives of others and be received as acceptable service to the Lord, Carl kept that firmly […]
Read More Carl’s Dedication To WorkDear heavenly Father: In place of fear, please let faith in you rise. In place of panic, please let your peace abound. In place of isolation, please let the intimacy of your fellowship be experienced. In place of concerns, please let the comfort of your Spirit provide consolation. There is no power greater than you. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: In Place Of …What’s that? It’s not that it was new in itself. It’s just that in the rush and hurry and hastle they had never taken notice of this before. So now that they had to stop from the rush, the hurry and the hastle, they now had the chance to consider this. So the question was […]
Read More Kingdom Opportunities: New ConnectionsThey said it was a big accident involving a number of vehicles including a lorry. That meant that the traffic hold up would take a long time to clear. And we were stuck right in the middle of it. Cars barely moved. At some point it didn’t even make sense keeping the engine on. This […]
Read More Kingdom Opportunities: While You Are SingingPrisons have a really interesting role to play throughout scripture. From Joseph being imprisoned on false rape allegations to Paul and Silas being imprisoned on false social disruption charges. There’s something about the prison that seems like the environment ripe for Kingdom opportunities. What I tend to get from those prison episodes is not so […]
Read More Kingdom Opportunities: Free in PrisonWhen I first came to the place it was a dump. Where I lived before was vibrant, dynamic and pulsing with potential tapped into seemingly all the time. Never a dull moment, something going on that would stimulate interest and activity. No room for moping or bitter introspection – just learn from the mistakes and […]
Read More Kingdom Opportunities: Conversations and Actions
