Maybe it’s because we’re being polite. Perhaps it could be that we’re not used to doing that way. Whatever it is, it bugs me. There were three of us and two of us were already believers when the third guy became a part of the mix. By part of the mix it started with occasionally […]
Read More Can They See Progress?No pressure. The Apostle Paul must have been an interesting fella to work with. Imagine. Your name’s Timothy, you’ve been hanging around Paul for a few years observing how he does this whole apostolic thing from area to area. You’ve got involved to a degree in some of this work as well. As you did […]
Read More Set An ExampleThis cannot continue. There is a better way. We are not to just sit down and take it. And we don’t have to make a fuss about it. There is a way to address the situation. Galvanise and mobilise the troop. It is a call to the way that leads to better and the best. […]
Read More The Call To Go On The MarchConditioned. The four men – Tim, John, Greg and Simon – had agreed that to some degree they were all conditioned. As they chuckled and took another bite of their meal or swig of their drink, Simon asked the question, “How do we know that the way we were conditioned or are being conditioned is […]
Read More Diligence: Truth for Reconditioning (Part Two)Conditioned. The four men, as they sat around the table, came to the conclusion that it was good to recognise that all of their lives in one way or another, they had been conditioned. They had been conditioned not just by ideology, but by accepted practices. Two of the men, Tim and John, had been […]
Read More Diligence: Truth for Reconditioning (Part One)I’m very grateful for my good friend. There I was, concerned about how would we get the people, how would we market what we were doing, how would people get onto it. There he was with the crucial words of wisdom. Obedience in following and diligence in doing is all that’s required. The initial relationship […]
Read More Diligence: Keep On Doing What You’re Called To DoAs they all come from the same mother, it’s no surprise to me that my three daughters have a degree of determination and tenacity. They set their mind to something and they will pursue it until the end. Of the three of them, though, the middle one makes me chuckle the most. She doesn’t mess […]
Read More When On A Mission With JesusThere’s this bit in scripture: And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice […]
Read More Prayers and PracticesIt is fragile. The ego that is. It is very fragile. The self loves to feel satiated and highly valued. When that is not the case, the pursuit is on to make sure that it happens. Power plays happen, persuasive efforts come to the fore and it doesn’t take much to see that the basis […]
Read More Leaving The Place Of InsecurityIt is true. It’s not that everything that was going on was wrong. There may very well be some good in what is being done. The life of following Jesus, however, does include a degree of challenging everything. Everything. You think it’s a given that being married is a good thing. You see your upbringing […]
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