You were warned. He noticed you after your efforts were rejected. It’s not the time for anger, jealousy, or bitterness. Be careful. It’s crouching at your door waiting for you to let it in. And you will be responsible for all that happens afterwards. Even if it’s at your door, you don’t have to let […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: What You Let InThere is no guarantee of ease with Christ. The walk with Him includes suffering, then it’s clear that being comfortable isn’t something to expect. In the disruption, and rejection, there is something to be said for that sense of peace in following Christ. It doesn’t remove the tears or erase the heartache, but it gives […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Good PlaceThe message received determines the mission. If the message is about getting somewhere when you die the mission will lack power and purpose. If the message is a call to a new way of living the mission is full of the power and purpose of the one who gave it. Here, the mission is not […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Message and The MissionOne of the disappointing things about the fourth Superman movie was it’s less that stellar quality meant a great title would be related to a far from great cinematic experience. The pursuit of happiness, the desire for glory, the race for power appeal to many. The quest of peace, however, is of greater worth. The […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Quest For PeaceThere’s this concept in performance where there’s a drive to get the focus on you and be popular to the audience. They call this going “over”. When it comes to Kingdom living, gifts are dispersed not to get yourself over, but to serve others to get Jesus over. The spotlight points to One who spent […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Getting OverThe length of time is not the indicator of maturity or a greater degree of intimacy. The indicator is the sensitivity to see what is needed in the present where the bigger goal is concerned. And that sensitivity to see where adjustments are needed to progress towards the goal. That sensitivity and those adjustments highlight […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Recalibrate“It’s nothing personal, it’s just business.” Those distinctions help some to have a different mentality to work than everything else in life. When it comes to Kingdom business, though, those separations don’t work. God’s business is about the whole of life and takes in all of life. Making those distinctions – hiding behind a “professional” […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: It’s Everything PersonalThere are few things in life more fulfilling and energising than discovering what God put you on this earth to do. Jesus lived and served to fulfil what God put Him on the earth to do. He realised He was sent, He knew the assignment and brought glory to God by fulfilling that. This is […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: DiscoverRecognise that He calls us. What He calls us for is good enough for Him and He expects it to be good enough for us. If it appears daunting, slightly intimidating and the sense that it will take much more than you already have, that’s a good sign that it will not depend on your […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Call Is AllWhatever is said and done is done from a desire to please the Father. The dependence in the relationship means that every act is considered in the light of that. That means even if you’re grouchy, something has to be done to address the grouch and acts and words cannot flow from the grouch. That […]
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