This is my blog. It’s got my name on it. I’m not the only person who has written on this blog, though. And this blog would never have happened without friends. I hope to highlight the work of some of the guest entries on this blog in another 20 for 20 entry. For the time […]
Read More 20 for 20 #6 FriendsThere doesn’t have to be a power struggle. There doesn’t have to be an issue to see who can be better or greater than the other. There can be a simple agreement that endeavours to collaborate and combine strengths to deliver something together that’s far greater than the sum of the individual parts. It’s better […]
Read More When It’s MutualDay 4: What Friends Are For Read 2 Timothy 1:15-18 Memory verse: 2 Tim 1:16 – May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. Context: Who deserted Paul and who refreshed him? Everyone in the crew with him in Asia deserted […]
Read More WIWO: 2 Timothy Day 4: What Friends Are ForDay 7: 5:1–6:19 — Practical Instructions for Church Relationships Reading: Guidelines for various groups within the church community Study Questions: 1. Observation: How does Paul address different ages, social classes, and roles within the church? The heart of interactions with those in the church is to be treated as family. Older men are father figures, […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 7 – 5:1–6:19 — RelationshipsNow my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. (2 Chronicles 7:15-16) What an occasion for the people of […]
Read More JJ25 #15 – AttentiveBehold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” (Genesis 28:15) The personal encounter with God can do wonders in establishing identity and purpose. Jacob had an awareness of God. You can […]
Read More JJ25 #06 – Close Encounters of the Divine Kind – What God SaysTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24 ESVUK) This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:32) Matthew, Mark and Luke feature conversations that Jesus has with people who […]
Read More JJ25 #05 – Responsible – Relational Insights Part 2Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens […]
Read More JJ25 #04 – Responsible – Relational Insights Part 1When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by […]
Read More OTKC 15: Fast In SecretWhen you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and […]
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