We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; (Romans 12:6) Is the Body developed around the abilities of the members or do the members have to fulfil pre-set positions in a system? I see the situation in football. […]
Read More Say What You See: Gifted ReleasedLife was never to be lived on your own. It is baffling how individuals are given titles and positions with the thinking that they will do a particular job all on their own. Great expectations are placed on them, they are placed on a pedestal and enormous pressure is placed on them to keep up […]
Read More Say What You See: Collaborative MinistryShe said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.” […]
Read More Say What You See: Generous HospitalityA group of us are making our way through the books of Kings. At present we’re looking at 2 Kings 3. I’m a big fan of prophets because of their tendency to be against the grain. What I find interesting is how Elisha is described: And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord […]
Read More Pouring Water On The HandsI wonder if the disciples knew what was about to happen. The description of the last few hours Jesus spends with disciples before His arrest as captured in John’s gospel account is fascinating. All the gospel accounts record incidents in which Jesus clearly informs His disciples that He will be killed and then return in […]
Read More Love To The ExtremeTherefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. (Acts 6:3) Recently I had the opportunity to observe a national church conference elect its executive board. Taking in the proceedings and following on from my post about reference to personal examples, […]
Read More How Would You Choose Those To Serve?Recently I shared a parable about a woman, a wedding and a hair salon experience. The parable is worth an explanation. Of course not all parables are worth an explanation but this one certainly was. It came to me one morning – one of those things you get when you’re waking up giving the impression […]
Read More The Hair Experience: An Explanation(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) Life in Stoke-on-Trent was full of people and their business. There was hardly a moment where others were not involved and it could get stifling at times. Leaving Stoke-on-Trent suddenly thrust us into a very different kind of existence. Moving to Bletchley and our time here has […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Never Alone(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) I don’t remember walking that much when I was living in Manchester briefly, and the last few years of life in Stoke-on-Trent had infrequent walking episodes. For the first half of the time in Bletchley, walking was hardly in the picture. In latter times however, there has […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: It’s Good To Walk(For more on Bletchley Lessons read the intro) Zoe is our two year old daughter. She was carried into Bletchley barely 3 months old, she will walk out confidently when we leave. On this occasion her confident walking took her next door to Dave’s house, where he and his son were putting up their Christmas […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Live at Peace with Your Neighbours
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