Conflict is a reality. Any effort to do something is often met with resistance. Sometimes that opposition can come from within, sometimes it can come from external sources. The conflict can appear relentless and sometimes oppressive. In those settings it is easy to get the impression that you’re doing all you can to survive. This […]
Read More God the Builder – Faith For The Winning TeamHe has this brilliant idea. They will reflect Him on the earth. As He rules in heaven, they will rule on earth. So when He creates the first one and puts him in the garden to tend it, He’s very aware in the process that this is not the end of the process. There’s only […]
Read More God the Builder – I Need Some Help HereThe story of the temple for God’s people is a fascinating one. Solomon’s construct that took years to build was undoubtedly worthy of the physical and visual spectacle it was to be for God’s people. No wonder it’s destruction was the cause of so much despair by those people. To be about the business of […]
Read More MWTM: Haggai Part 2 – The Best Is Yet To ComeThis is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! (Haggai 1:5, 7 NLT) It is one thing to live in the time before the exile. It’s another thing to live in the time after the exile. Haggai gives us a glimpse of what God’s people are like after the exile and […]
Read More MWTM: Haggai Part 1 – Check Yourself and Your PrioritiesDeconstruction. I think overall I prefer to construct things. That’s a slight preference to be fair, because there’s something about deconstruction that I find to be a really useful part of life. Apparently I have a way of speaking that my wife doesn’t always understand. So I will give my spiel and afterwards she will […]
Read More Can You Break That Down?Life works because it has been built that way. ‘What do you mean by that, Christopher?’ you ask. I am glad you did. I don’t know of any great life that was not the result of significant development. Building on what has been learnt to be a better person living life in a better way. […]
Read More Build or KnockWhenever things are to be built, the foundations are essential. If the foundation is wrong the stability of the structure will be increasingly suspect. It’s bad enough when an individual life is built on unstable foundations. It’s significantly worse when a relationship is based on unstable foundations. What helps to establish strong relationships is truth […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – BuildingIt’s fascinating, really. To get from one place to another, we initially walked. Then as the distance lengthened we used a horse. As we used the horse we noticed that the way was too rough, so we smoothed it somewhat. In doing so we established a set route for getting from the one place to […]
Read More About Building and TrainingHe was talking about what they did with the facility. As we sat and heard him talk, it highlighted just how much work needed to be done to help him and others have a different perspective. There was an almost fatalistic view of the facility as solely for the purpose of ‘worship services’. As a […]
Read More Building Worship or Worshipping BuildingsThis is the third and final part of a small series looking at lessons I’ve learnt from being on both sides of the door-to-door experience. The first part looked at my responses to being the recipient of the service. The second part looked at what I was like when I did door-to-door work for Jesus […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part Three
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