As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him — you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:4-5) It is actually very easy for us to say what we see. Two […]
Read More Say What You See: Living Stones“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” Acts 7:56 When I think about all the things I could see, I am arrested by what Stephen saw. The Bible is full of different stories and personalities. It is centred on God and how He […]
Read More Say What You See: Jesus GlorifiedThe word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” Jeremiah 1:11-12 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son […]
Read More Say What You See: An IntroductionA few years ago I was interested in reading a few books on leadership in church. Not primarily because I saw myself as a leader, more because I’m interested in that kind of thing for insight. In what I read there was often the verse “Without a vision, the people perish.” This was used to […]
Read More Without A Vision … But Who Fills The Vision?There was this group of people. They were talking about church and moaning about leadership. They moaned about the leadership didn’t do this, and didn’t do that. They whined about how the leadership appeared stale and stagnant. They railed against the seeming lack of vision coming from the leadership. I was very familiar with this, […]
Read More You Will Never Go Beyond What You SeeSo in line with the 1 business, I’m posting this hymn as a reminder of what I want to capture my entire being. I trust as you’re reminded of it, this will act as a stir to what you pursue. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More DMCD Songs: Be Thou My VisionEvery day people are seeing things that are not there. They are presented with a vision of things as they are which leads them to behave in line with what they see. History is littered, however, with how people following these presentations only for wider forces to show that this was a false reality. It […]
Read More Free to See RealityIn their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Corinthians 4:4) Yesterday on the way into work I was reflecting on the words ‘disenchanted’ and ‘disillusioned’. It […]
Read More Hope You’re Getting DisThe bright side is not about avoiding harsh realities, but it is about not getting sucked into believing that it is all there is to life. The bright side is not about delusional thinking of utopia to escape life as we live it. Rather the bright side can see life even in dead situations. It […]
Read More Better Look On The Bright SideFor the sake of my family and friends, I say it again: live in peace! (Psalm 122:8) It is easy to get bogged down with the various pressures in life and let it get on top of you and lash out in one way or another at those around you. There is never a guarantee […]
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