Family, friends, the unfamiliar and enemies. It’s a typical scene. A large room with a number of people in it. Music is being played as the set up for the people to sing. The people duly sing and some are standing. They’re standing and their faces are etched with emotion – the pained look as […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Three: Love Your NeighbourIt’s true. You will serve someone or something. It’s amusing how some of us look to avoid that truth. After all if we’re the captain of our own destiny and we’re in charge of what will happen to us, how can this be subject to someone we give allegiance to, something we dedicate our lives […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Two: No One But The KingRecent events have led to setting aside seven days to consider Kingdom Commitments on this blog. Today is to establish the start of that journey and how the goodness of God and the call to follow Jesus implies making Kingdom Commitments. This is something done in response to the good that God has shown me […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Kingdom Commitments – Day One: StartersCircumstances have a great way of exposing what we rely on. Someone loses their job, the household can be beset by worries because of the dependence on the income from the job. Someone gets ill, the household can be beset by worries because of the dependence on the sick individual. These conditions of worry, though, […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Do Not WorryHas someone ever shared with you an incident that got them really upset and when you heard it, you thought they might be overreacting? Maybe it’s not that bad, you think. It’s something that can be dealt with in a calm and rational manner, you think. Then you go and see the situation for yourself […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 15 – Anger and IntercessionSomething’s wrong? Is there something wrong? Yes, there’s something wrong? How do you know? Is it just a feeling? Where are you getting that sense of something being wrong from? Does that suggest that there is such a thing as right and wrong? Who determines that? OK, something’s wrong. What could happen? It’s serious? It’s […]
Read More Who Rules? Dealing With What’s WrongWe are His workmanship. That’s quite a thought. A thought worth contemplating carefully. There’s an audio drama playing via the headphones. Characters are voiced by different actors. Each character’s voice is distinct. The interaction between the characters gives the piece its narrative flow. The feel for each scene is supported by other audio tools – […]
Read More Within Reach: To Harmonise …Some people think that when God gave the law to Moses for the children of Israel that those laws were difficult to live up to. There were a number of laws – over 600 – and what they covered was fairly comprehensive. They were not focused on solely external activities. These laws were to set […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Store Your Treasures in HeavenWe were used to the same old rule. Promises of something better. Promises of the much needed changes. Promises to get rid of everything that prevented progress. Promises to support everything the promoted growth. Promises, promises, promises. Hope that these promises would come about. Sincere intentions to bring about the changes. Slow realisation that just […]
Read More Who Rules? All Things NewWhat was it, I’m doing again? What did I say I would do? I just need to check that again. Of course I can check that on my own. After all it’s what I agreed to do. It’s even more helpful to get another perspective on it. Someone who was aware of the journey and […]
Read More Within Reach: Check That
Life With CD 