I recall an occasion where God expressed His grace to me in the most emotionally and mentally outrageous way possible. The sector that I work in is training, primarily training in the Welfare to Work area. So the role I play is being a tutor/facilitator for people who have been out of work for over […]
Read More Grace Expressions: The Class ExperienceBeing a Christian is a fascinating walk of peace in a war torn world. The older I get, the more I value the peace that comes from above. I treasure it as something very different from versions of peace that come from alternate sources. For example there is the version of peace where two warring […]
Read More Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is … Conflict and PeaceI’m sure your conscience is better than mine. Back in the day I did some things that would have been classed as ‘naughty’ but were really ‘bad’. I would be rumbled and then proceed to cry a river in apparent sorrow and plead for the mercy of the power that be. With the pleading was […]
Read More Godly Sorrow vs. Earthly SorrowWhere no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. (Proverbs 11:14) My mentor up in Stoke-on-Trent gave me one of the best pieces of advice both in word and in action. He told me to surround myself with good people and if I do I cannot go wrong. […]
Read More In The Multitude Of CounselThe mistake I made was going to the service thinking I could just slip in, sit and take in the God-stuff and slip out again without anything major happening. It’s not a mistake I make often, but it is a mistake I made that day. The preacher was passionately declaring what God had put on […]
Read More He Won’t Leave Me AloneThis is the third and final part of a small series looking at lessons I’ve learnt from being on both sides of the door-to-door experience. The first part looked at my responses to being the recipient of the service. The second part looked at what I was like when I did door-to-door work for Jesus […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part ThreeIn the last entry I introduced this brief series with some door to door experiences I’ve had recently. As I mentioned, those experiences reminded me of my own brief foray into door to door life. Back at the end of the 20th Century I had got meself heavily involved in church work on a voluntary […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part TwoThis is the final part of a short series of lessons I’ve come across whilst I’ve been on a walk. (Part One and Part Two can be found in clicking the links.) 1. Follow The Man Who Knows: Of course by ‘man’ that can refer to ‘woman’ as well. By this I am referring to […]
Read More Lessons Learnt On A Walk – Part ThreeThis follows the last entry looking at the lessons learnt whilst on a walk. 1. Though The Sun Shines Now It Won’t Always Shine But … I appreciate that I live among people who love the sun. I can understand why they love the sun, seeing as though it is not a regular part of […]
Read More Lessons Learnt On A Walk – Part TwoOver the next few entries, I’ll be sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from a walk I’ve been on with a friend. 1. Walking the journey with Christ with others. Of course I have my responsibility to look at and I won’t be able to blame anyone else if I don’t do what I’m called to […]
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