Can they take your word for it? When we were children we used to say we would do something whilst crossing our fingers behind our back as though that held some power to prevent us from sticking to whatever we said. Eventually twigging onto that we employed the equally absurd charge that someone should cross […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Let Your Word BeIt’s a wonderful position to be in when you don’t have to worry about certain things. As a child food was provided. Cleansing was provided. Shelter was provided. As well as that a semblance of order, structure and routine was provided. A lot of the time as it is the way of the world, there […]
Read More Who Rules? The Value of the QuestionYou were watching a programme and then you realised. You were having a conversation and then you realised. You came across a presentation and then you realised. The method of realisation varies – that you realise matters. Once you realise, there is also the element of wondering if what you have come across is just […]
Read More Within Reach: Why Share The Realisation?The effort is great to make sure a wedge is placed in relationships. One tool used to drive that wedge is anger. You hurt me – by what you did or by what you said. You hurt me and my reaction to that is to be angry. That anger is sometimes expressed in openly hostile […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Be ReconciledThe sales pitch is based on people talking about the difference that has been made in their lives thanks to the ruler. You see the advert – the swooping shots of beautiful landscapes and scenery, the orchestral music sweeping your emotions as the voiceover from Regular Person talks with emotion about just how great their […]
Read More Who Rules? The Power of a Life TransformedRealisation. 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 – ShineThe 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?Models. Structures. Rhythms. Routines. It’s not always obvious, but people like these. They find some sense of existence in a pattern. You establish a routine for how you eat. You get a rhythm for when you eat. You develop a structure for what you do when it’s time to eat. You set up a model […]
Read More Within Reach: It Is Not Beyond UsIt’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 – Repent
