Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the […]
Read More Say What You See: Effective PrayersI appreciate there must be a reason for living. While I’m looking for that reason in each issue, I am also realising that God wants us to grow in wisdom day by day. It’s good getting the information, because it helps avoid seeing things as wasted. Even in mistakes and disappointments, there is space to […]
Read More Gaining Wisdom Day By DayYou ever get a lot of people raving about a particular product? They give you the big sell. They say it is worth the money, they virtually guarantee it will do the business and more. Sold on the idea you save the money, spare the time and make the effort only to find it was […]
Read More Dealing With Disappointment: Maintain ExpectationsGod. Love. Joy. Peace. Freedom. Holiness. Family, Friends. Mission. Achievement. Humility. Mercy. Church Provisions. Inspiration. Bakewell tarts. Orange Lucozade. Laughing. Sharing. Solitude. Crying. Writing. Reading. Thanksgiving. Singing. Movies. Sleeping. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More The Best Things In Life1 Kings 20 is an interesting chapter for lots and lots of reasons. One that intrigued me was the advice Ben-Hadad got after their first defeat. Namely that the god of the Israelites was one of high places, so the next battle should be able on a plain where the Israelites should suffer. As the […]
Read More The God For All OccasionsDifferent things motivate what I write about. I’m delighted to say joy is one of them. It’s worth me recording at the moment what gives me tremendous joy. That is the state of my marriage. My wife is a source of extreme joy to me. She is an amazing woman getting through all she gets […]
Read More What Makes Me Happy PresentlyI grew up very attached to my home. The physical home and my family was something I grew very comfortable with, to the extent I never really wanted to be anywhere else for too long. I remember the occasions we as a family would attend an event spanning a few days. Though the journey to […]
Read More Motivated Mission Must Mean MovementOn the path .. how do you deal with opposition from within? There’s the cry to yield to temptation. To admit defeat to laziness. To confess the tendency to be apathetic. To concede a desire to avoid hardship. On the path .. how you cope with the opposition from without? Work pressures, home challenges, financial […]
Read More The Different Paths of RighteousnessSolomon is a biblical character to be admired. There he is following in his father’s footsteps. There he is sorting out those that pose a threat to his reign. There he is conversing with God in a dream asking Him for the one thing he needs to rule well – wisdom. There he is wisely […]
Read More As Good As It GetsI really shouldn’t laugh, but I do. There’s a man by the name of Louis van Gaal. For those uninitiated in the ways of football (or soccer as my poor cousins across the pond refer to it), Van Gaal is a successful manager linked strongly with the vacant post at Manchester United. I hope I […]
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