God’s idea. His wisdom would be on display through the work of people together. Not through the efforts of just an individual. Not in what one person does on their own and what they achieve. No, His wisdom is on display when His Body is at work and His united Body functioning is made up […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Six: Doing This TogetherThe commission calls for a commitment. Some people want to go to heaven when they die. Some are captured by a vision of bliss and want that. Some enjoy the thought of eternal security. The Kingdom of God stimulates in the hearts of the disciples of Christ a desire there to be more disciples of […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Five: Make DisciplesFaith in God does marvellous things. One of them is that it assures you of a connection to gloriously generous Giver. He gives food and drink. He gives oxygen to breathe. He gives beauty to see. He gives opportunities to enjoy life. To truly make the most of all that He gives we look to […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Four: Produce FruitFamily, friends, the unfamiliar and enemies. It’s a typical scene. A large room with a number of people in it. Music is being played as the set up for the people to sing. The people duly sing and some are standing. They’re standing and their faces are etched with emotion – the pained look as […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Three: Love Your NeighbourIt’s true. You will serve someone or something. It’s amusing how some of us look to avoid that truth. After all if we’re the captain of our own destiny and we’re in charge of what will happen to us, how can this be subject to someone we give allegiance to, something we dedicate our lives […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Two: No One But The KingRecent events have led to setting aside seven days to consider Kingdom Commitments on this blog. Today is to establish the start of that journey and how the goodness of God and the call to follow Jesus implies making Kingdom Commitments. This is something done in response to the good that God has shown me […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Kingdom Commitments – Day One: StartersCircumstances have a great way of exposing what we rely on. Someone loses their job, the household can be beset by worries because of the dependence on the income from the job. Someone gets ill, the household can be beset by worries because of the dependence on the sick individual. These conditions of worry, though, […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Do Not WorrySomething’s wrong? Is there something wrong? Yes, there’s something wrong? How do you know? Is it just a feeling? Where are you getting that sense of something being wrong from? Does that suggest that there is such a thing as right and wrong? Who determines that? OK, something’s wrong. What could happen? It’s serious? It’s […]
Read More Who Rules? Dealing With What’s WrongSome people think that when God gave the law to Moses for the children of Israel that those laws were difficult to live up to. There were a number of laws – over 600 – and what they covered was fairly comprehensive. They were not focused on solely external activities. These laws were to set […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Store Your Treasures in HeavenWe were used to the same old rule. Promises of something better. Promises of the much needed changes. Promises to get rid of everything that prevented progress. Promises to support everything the promoted growth. Promises, promises, promises. Hope that these promises would come about. Sincere intentions to bring about the changes. Slow realisation that just […]
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