JJ 24 #34: A Matter of Trust

Trust. I keep returning to this word and value it more and more with each passing day. I don’t dismiss the term “love,” and I understand why people get so hung up on it. To me, though, trust is a more important term. I hear people give away the word love cheaply when they say […]

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Dryden Shorts: There Is A Way

If He has called you to it, He has made a way to get you through it. I often thought that because it wasn’t an obvious and conventional way I’d have to look for alternatives to cope. Yet the alternatives are not the answer. He called you to it because He would make the way […]

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Do You Believe Him?

Every day and often in every moment of the day, there is a simple question that I answer. Do you believe Him? I had a conversation with my brother. We were talking about the differences between an atheist, one who rejects God and the godless. There are a lot of people who claim to believe […]

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Abiding Not Associating

Part of my testimony is that I am used to being associated with Jesus. Growing up in a church background, aware of the rhythms of church life, familiar with the stylings of expressions of church life it was easy for me to be so acclimatised to it that I became an associate of Jesus. I […]

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Dryden Links: Trust – That Is All

Truly trusting is a significant act. Disappointments and failures can condition the mind to only trust so far. to put in place certain contingencies in place to ensure that if anything happens there won’t be as much of a disappointment or a failing. It becomes such a conditioning that trust never extends too far. At […]

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My Eyes Are On You

Dear Loving, Righteous, Heavenly Father: When I don’t know what to do, my eyes are on You. Seasons come and seasons go and it’s so easy to miss the flow whilst looking to settle in what appears to be for the moment and not moving on from that. I hear You when You talk about […]

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From A Trusted Source

Somebody tells you something. They sound very matter-of-fact about it. They appear convinced in what they’re saying. Then you ask them some questions about what they’ve said and it soon emerges that the confidence they showed at first was based on nothing more than having heard it from what they thought to be a trusted […]

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Eden Weekly #02: It Must Happen

(Welcome to Eden Weekly, the blog inspired by the name of the ministry of Shirley R. Evans. I hope you will be duly encouraged and challenged by the words she offers. For His Name’s Sake, Shalom, C. L. J. Dryden) There is a little three letter Greek word dei which is huge in its meaning. The literal translation […]

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