Dear Heavenly Father: You are amazing. It is incredible considering the kind of love that you have given that I should be among those who called your children. That I should have the privilege of calling you my Father because of right relationship established through your only Son. That I should enjoy this wonderful privilege […]
Read More A Prayer of Thanks: For Your FaithfulnessAlways there. There is something reassuring about being able to count on someone. That degree of knowing that the person will be there is comforting. Not only that they are there but what they will offer when required. They won’t just say things for the sake of it or to butter you up. They will […]
Read More Faithfulness in RelationshipsShe is someone who serves. She is someone who is alert and aware of things before other people are. That description could fit the woman who was the first to see that Peter had miraculously been released from prison. It also fitted a modern paragon of a godly woman in an ungodly world. My experience […]
Read More Everybody Needs A Rhoda (Part 2)There’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 PracticesHere’s the tragedy about Solomon. It’s not as though he wasn’t made aware. First of all, he has his parents. When he mentions about the influence of his parents in Proverbs, it’s not creative licence to make up stuff. You know Bathsheba would have told him enough about the way of wisdom. Then there’s his […]
Read More Always Something There To Remind YouHe had served his master for many years. Their relationship was distinct in the sense that the master treated him like a son. He was looked after very well and never mistreated. Indeed where others around him used to be considered sub-human, his master highly esteemed his welfare and that of his family. The master […]
Read More A Tale of a Devoted ServantConsistency. Before I appreciated faithfulness, there was the term consistency. My Dad is the first model of consistency I have. Subsequently I’d appreciate the faithfulness too, but it was the consistency at first. Certain things would be done every day. Certain things would be done every week. Certain characteristics could be expected in response to […]
Read More Celebrating Consistency: A Blog RetrospectiveCan you imagine this? You’re a great leader. You’re at the forefront of a movement that has seen you defy all the odds. The greatest power of the day came to nothing because of the meek and humble approach with which you challenged them for the sake of justice. Now a people that were oppressed […]
Read More See It Then Live ItBack in the day, it was a legitimate threat to us as children. If we didn’t comply we would be grounded. That was serious. That meant we would not be able to go out and have fun with our friends. It meant I couldn’t go to the library and enjoy time with those beautiful books. […]
Read More Grounded to Learn FaithfulnessOn the surface Sarah’s moaning was justified. The circumstances had distinctly got worse. The level of challenge and abuse Sarah suffered had risen over the time. The level of support she needed had actually decreased. The pressure increased and she was expected to deliver better results with limited resources and more time taken up with […]
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