Celebrating in relationships widens the smile so that it spreads across wider than one face could ever reach. It’s the smile that does it. The human face is not the sun, but when the smile spreads across the face it is like the sun shining to change any grim situation into something so much better. […]
Read More Celebration in RelationshipsIt might be worth making a note of that. This was the thought that nudged me when someone went out shopping. There was quite a lot I wanted, so I told my dear wife to make a note of it. She duly made the note of the various items I wanted. She went to the […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 13 – The Covenant ScribeIn announcing His edicts on Kingdom living, the King contrasts what passes for the social and religious norm for the revised norm that expresses Kingdom Life. His social commentary holds nothing back in displaying the flaws of the religious norm. This is particularly evident when it comes to prayer. His critique is not just about […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Practice the Secret Life of PrayerIt’s good being in his company. It’s not because he’s clever – that’s a useful bonus from time to time, but it’s not his brains that makes him such good company. It’s not because he’s generous – that’s wonderful to know and very touching from time to time. There’s more to it than that. It’s […]
Read More Joy in RelationshipsThe messaging is sometimes subtle and sometimes not so much. The messaging essentially says, when it comes to the crunch in making decisions, you’re better off just suiting yourself. What should you do with any money you earn? Sure meet the pressing obligations, but beyond that – suit yourself. What should you do with any […]
Read More Who Rules? When ‘Suit Yourself’ Is Not The Best AnswerAs He sat to teach His disciples on the hill about Kingdom living, He addressed a number of righteous acts that were already taking place in regular life. His issue was not about the acts themselves, His concern was about the motives. Have you noticed how often in society, there’s a focus on the self? […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Give SecretlyAll good things comes to those who waits. That’s what the saying states. It seems like something said by someone who clearly was not in a hurry. It seems like it was something said by someone who didn’t appreciate the importance of immediacy. It seems like it was something said by someone who does not […]
Read More Patience in RelationshipsYou 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 RelationshipsA 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 Mile
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