You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:43-45 Do what? No, these are the things we’re going to do to our enemies: […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Love Your EnemiesYou ever have a conversation and leave it feeling spent? The other person just bombarded you with their issues. Any word you had to offer about anything was immediately turned into another springboard for extended thoughts from that other person. They wittered on for a considerable period of time and at the end of it […]
Read More Support in RelationshipsThe walk that Moses has to this point has been fascinating. And it’s all been down to his obedience to the One who has given the divine call. He is rescued at birth from state-sponsored infanticide in one of the powerful countries in the known world. The infanticide is conducted against his people who have […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 10 – Raising the BannerIt is not accepted by everyone. It is vigorously resisted in some areas. It is benignly neglected in other areas. Aggression and apathy form twin attacks in the effort to diminish the opportunity to embrace the rule of God. These weapons are joined by efforts at misinformation, compromise and corruption. Efforts made as much from […]
Read More Who Rules? Renewed CommitmentTalk shops. They do not have good reputations. For good reason. Lots of air and little substance. Much complaining which does not lead to productive change. Presentations made, glittering promises offered, whimsical memories and stimulating aspirations shared … all to be minuted and referred to another meeting. Yet talk shops remain in fashion. You’re entitled […]
Read More Within Reach: Engage with PurposeWhat a great time to celebrate light. To be taken out of the wrong and into the right To see the real battle there is to fight To be fully equipped with spiritual might. To rejoice in the fullness of life engaging your sight What a great time to celebrate light. (Photo by Frame Harirak […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Celebrating LightA 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 UntappedWe see it at childhood. Two siblings, one of them does something to upset the other, the other duly does something to get back at the one. It’s a reasonable way of doing things. Someone hurts you, you get to hurt them back. It’s only fair. When they tell you that it isn’t, they don’t […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Don’t Retaliate, Go the Extra MileAlways there. There is something reassuring about being able to count on someone. That degree of knowing that the person will be there is comforting. Not only that they are there but what they will offer when required. They won’t just say things for the sake of it or to butter you up. They will […]
Read More Faithfulness in RelationshipsThe picture painted of the character of God is made all the more remarkable considering how the people respond to His might works of rescuing them from slavery and the military force of Egypt. Ten unmistakeable signs and a Red Sea crossing miracle should have been enough to show beyond any doubt that the God […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 9 – Providing for the Grumblers
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