The King was in the wilderness. What an odd place for a King to be. The title and position tends to have images of a his own extravagant palace or in some wondrously decked King’s gardens. But nope, the King, led by the Spirit, is out in the wilderness. After 40 days without food, the […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Live By Every Word God SaysAbram is a real guy. That’s certainly what we can derive from what’s written about him in scripture. It takes faith to trust God to leave his family. Abram exercises that faith. At the same time, he’s also anxious enough to cover himself when it comes to his wife in Egypt. Faith to believe God […]
Read More Abram: Awesome Assurance and Awry AgreementsHe didn’t want him to stay in the company he was in. He was not going to make a people with him in the middle of that mess. No. That just wouldn’t fit His plan at all. According to the account given by Stephen later on, this guy got the message waited until his Dad […]
Read More Abram: It’s About Time You LeftIf you love me, you will keep my commands. That’s an interesting statement to make. It’s a statement of restraint as well. Restraint within the boundaries of that relationship if you really want that relationship to flourish. It sounds like a power play. It sounds very demanding. Yet consider relationships. Two parties engage with each […]
Read More Love and ObedienceI’m very grateful for my good friend. There I was, concerned about how would we get the people, how would we market what we were doing, how would people get onto it. There he was with the crucial words of wisdom. Obedience in following and diligence in doing is all that’s required. The initial relationship […]
Read More Diligence: Keep On Doing What You’re Called To DoHere’s the tragedy about Solomon. It’s not as though he wasn’t made aware. First of all, he has his parents. When he mentions about the influence of his parents in Proverbs, it’s not creative licence to make up stuff. You know Bathsheba would have told him enough about the way of wisdom. Then there’s his […]
Read More Always Something There To Remind YouThere are a number of times in following Jesus where requests are made for us. Not individual requests – collective requests. What we want the Lord to do for us. What we want the Lord to do to us. What we want the Lord to do through us. When Solomon was dedicating the temple, he […]
Read More Incline Our HeartsYou ever see someone come back from an injury too quickly? The player suffered the injury and it put him out of the game for a long time. Everyone was keen for him to make a full recovery, but the medical team and the coach depended on the player to be truthful in sharing the […]
Read More The Rise After The Fall Comes When We Fall To Be RisenThere is something sweet about success. Allow me to ground that in some context. The most influential collection of writings in my life remains the Bible. The single most influential person in my life is still Jesus Christ. Unsurprisingly I spend a fair bit of time reading the Bible and looking for Jesus in it […]
Read More Well Done: The Sweetness of SuccessFor some it happens at a crisis moment in life. That was certainly the case with me. In that crisis it was brought to my attention like never before that this life can be run along one of two ways – my way or God’s way. Making my way His way would still in essence […]
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