We are a work in progress. This phrase should be used just as much when things go right for us as when things go wrong. Each experience is is a part of the building project, if we’re conscious of what is being built and by whom. Wrong steps offer the opportunity for correction. Right steps […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Building and FixingThere is something about building or cultivating something that has been a part of the human condition since humans reflected on what it is to be human. That is painted in the flow of scripture. Whether it’s the heavens and the earth or a garden; an ark or a temple; an army or a body […]
Read More A Word of Wisdom: What Wisdom Is BuildingMoses had spend considerable time in the Lord’s presence. This was for the sole purpose of getting God’s instructions for the construction of a special dwelling place. Moses paid careful attention to the instructions and then encouraged the people to likewise pay attention to them and offer any support they could to the development of […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 18 – Set Up to be Settled InYou ever wondered if God created you to be independent? How many self-made folks really did it all by themselves? I wonder why that image of the person doing it on their own is so appealing? My testimony will always have episodes of people encouraging me. However much I wanted to lean into loner credentials, […]
Read More Urging You OnRecently I was sharing about how it takes more than time to build faith. It takes a lot of help. What follows are just some things that helped and helps me. Not that I’ve reached the peak and am the great expert on this matter, but looking back and looking around I can certainly see […]
Read More Help in the Faith BuildingIt really is remarkable. We can see so many awesome things take place around us and still have a negative mind-set on things. You can witness the miracle of childbirth and still grow to hate the child AND the one who gave birth to the child. You can enjoy the delight of a wonderful meal […]
Read More What Will It Take To Build Faith?For 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 […]
Read More A Choice To Make“You don’t know what you’re doing.” The fans chant this to the manager as his team concedes yet another goal that confirms yet another defeat in a run of poor results. The standards of the club would not allow for much more of this. The owner had thought he made the right selection choosing this […]
Read More God the Builder – He Knows What He’s Building: A ParableYou are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. (1 Peter 2:4-5 NLT) He has this in mind that the kind of temple he […]
Read More God the Builder – Gathering Living StonesOriginally everything worked smoothly. After all that’s how he built it and everything he does, he dows well. Things were goiong really well until someone came and messed it up. From something harmonious and beautiful built on right lines, it became tattered and torn, beaten and dilapidated. People would pass it and rememeber how great […]
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