It is the end of another week there has been lots of issues worthy of prayer. To list them all and go into detail would require … something I don’t have a lot of – time. So here is a snippet of just some of the issues that I’d appreciate you remembering in your prayers. […]
Read More Prayer Points (WE-110326)What’s this? Another blog entry on the same day for the second day in a row? Is there some sort of escape hatch through which there is greater flexibility for blogging? No. I’m just inspired and so take the opportunity to share while it’s fresh. When I lived in Stoke-on-Trent I came across a gentleman […]
Read More Good Times With DMCDHello and welcome to a very rare treat – a blog entry about me! OK even more rare – an entry about me and me wife!! Those don’t come by too often. In fact with recent family commitments, more than one blog entry a day here is fairly rare. It’s not scheduled to be a […]
Read More Sharing Life With My WifeDrive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. (Proverbs 22:10) Ever noticed how trouble comes in through people? Sometimes it can be someone having a bad day, and you deal with it appropriately. Sometimes however there is that one person who is known for always throwing in the […]
Read More MTP22 – How To Deal With Strife And AbuseA person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! (Proverbs 15:23) The host asks the question. You know the answer. You just want to tell the contestant, yet you watch as they give the wrong answer. How much more joy would it bring to see someone in distress or confusion and be able to give […]
Read More MTP15 – Is The Right AnswerFools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. (Proverbs 12:16) One of the easiest ways to wind people up is to offend them. Call them a name, insult their mother, anything to rile them. It is petty, it is childish, it is immature and too often it works in distracting people from […]
Read More MTP12 – I’ll Overlook ThatFor those who find me find life and receive favor from the LORD. (Proverbs 8:35) If you read all of Proverbs 8 it could definitely come across as an advert for wisdom. Those looking to get rich could look at it as the promise of all promises. Those looking to stay healthy might also be enthused […]
Read More MTP08 – Promised Benefits of WisdomAm I missing something here? Follow me carefully. I reckon if I did a pop survey of those who are Christians and read the Bible, if I said Matthew 18, I’d imagine a significant number of respondents would talk about binding and loosing. I’d probably get some people talking about agreement. Perhaps one or two […]
Read More Insight From Matthew – Jesus, The Community of Faith and The Little PeopleJust when you thought it was safe to think Jesus had got His anger out of the way, up comes a huge clash with the religious rulers throughout the majority of chapter 11 in the gospel account according to Matthew. If the previous disagreements were mere skirmishes, neither party holds back in full scale opposition […]
Read More Insights From Matthew – Who Are My Family?Time waits for no man, so the saying goes, and time has passed again with the usual ups and downs in the world. Here are the prayer points that have come out for this week. Muhammad Ali The man who proclaimed to be The Greatest this month celebrates the 37th anniversary of first winning the […]
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