We say it, we sing it and we live it. It’s not just the money. It’s not just saying thanks. It’s not just highlighting the good work. What complements the compliments is a commitment to carry on expressing appreciation for what’s been done by living out the benefit of what’s been done and encouraging others […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: What Complements The ComplimentsMany claim to be the great one. They do it because of their personal qualities, accolades, reviews and accomplishments. All of those pale into insignificance in comparison to the real great one who established His greatness by expressing the greatest love to bring back a species that had turned its back on its own creator. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Real Great OnePeople use the word “hallelujah” as a praise in itself. What’s interesting about that is the word is an instruction to praise – an invitation to let loose with what praise is all about. When the psalmist put together what’s referred to as the 34th psalm he gives a masterful display of what it is […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Psalm 34It happens to be that a lot of their time was spent talking about what was wrong, how it was wrong and the bad feeling about the wrong. Such is their expertise in the area that it almost came across as their specialist subject. What was glaring in its omission was a focus on what […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Focus on the TrueWhen plans don’t work out, prayer and praise help to bring about a proper perspective on God’s purposes. Praise in the Creator whose plans prevail. He puts us on the right track as we prayerfully look to Him in the disappointments and setbacks. Praise is not the neglect of the pain and frustration. Prayer and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Plans, Prayer, Perspective and PraiseWe are capable of praise. There is a lot of negativity. There is a lot of praise. Sometimes it’s because of the praise, that negativity emerges. It’s worth applying that praise to One who is worthy of it and then gives the premise for everything else that is praiseworthy. Hope in God is motivation to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: In Praise Of …(Reflections and notes on Daniel 2 – click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2 of the series so far.) Nebuchadnezzar, to all intents and purposes is the most powerful man in the known world as far as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah are concerned. He oversees a kingdom that spans a fair […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 03 – Who Rules? The Ridiculous and the RighteousThe past is sometimes seen as a comfort to some. A place of refuge when bombarded with the issues and challenges of the present. The purpose of the past, however, is to provide an insight that can support the present, that can inform the present, that can inspire the present and that can give wisdom […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: When I Remember …Dear Heavenly Father: Constantly, you show how much greater you are than the circumstance, in the circumstance and after that circumstance in preparation for the next. For all that and more, you’re worthy of every song of praise offered to you. The song sung in time past and the new song you’ll bring to our […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Prayer of Thanks – A Song of PraiseThere was an awe about the place. She did a tremendous job. Some people need a backing track, some people are conditioned to require some sort of accompaniment, yet she was comfortable enough with the song to start it off and sing boldly. Eventually the rest of us joined her. We sang and saw that […]
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