“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(Exodus 20:7 NIV) God takes His name seriously. It’s no surprise then that He expects those who belong to Him to take His name seriously too. When considering the issue of labels recently, […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – NameThis aspect of our identity in Christ is fundamental. Missing this means missing the whole point of being His disciples. Enjoy. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More We Are Family: Our Transformed Identity from Caesar KalinowskiIt’s great knocking about with great people. My great friend reminded me that in the life of the early church they received their name from outsiders and onlookers. So titles like Followers of the Way and the now very well used term Christian came not from within but from without by those seeing what happened. […]
Read More What If Others Named UsGroups of believers mean well. To see someone come among them, hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and be convicted with the subsequent desire to follow Jesus is a big deal. The family feel that can come with the new birth understandably comes with a sense of belonging and being a little possessive. After all […]
Read More As I Am His – No ConformingI do not belong to myself. I am not an independent entity answerable only to myself. My life is not my own and acts, thoughts and words to the contrary are delusional. I am His. He has control and is the One who directs my path. He is Lord of my life as well as […]
Read More I Am His: Statement of OwnershipAbraham, Jacob, Gideon and Mary. Not names you would usually associate together but they have something in common. They had a divine encounters that allowed them to find out who God called them to be. Sometimes it came through a name change. Sometimes it came from an angel, yet in each case the person in […]
Read More When God Tells You Who You AreAs they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?” When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a […]
Read More Acts Actually: 22 – Making The Most Of Your IdentityA while ago a group of us looked at Genesis 1 and considered what things we find out about God in it. When we finished the study, we were all amazed at how much about who God is and what He does is expressed in that first chapter of the Bible. The first chapter of […]
Read More The Word in John: 1 – Who Is He?I like history as it happens. The bit I like, obviously, is the story. I love a good story and the past has plenty to keep me going. So many tales of the good, bad and ugly. My own past is littered with all the above. Especially the ugly. A friend outlined to me recently […]
Read More Solid September Sale: No Longer Defined By The PastPeople are fascinating. When you know who you are it is one of the most liberating experiences. In The Godfather we have the Don who is revered and feared. After the attempted assassination failed, the Don knows he does not have long so must pass on to his successor. Michael never saw himself as the […]
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