The house is burning and we are dangerously aloof. The western world in its thinking and in its values is moving away from God at the speed of light. And we are to blame. The church in the west by and large is not moved by the condition of our world. We see not beyond […]
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The apostles were wise men. But they did not always start out wise. They started out doing everything in the ministry, then they woke up to the fact that choices had to be made. So they decided that they could not leave aside the word of God to wait on tables, and they delegated that
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Never forget that someone is waiting for you to succeed so they can know that it can be done. What you make of your challenges and your life either will spur others on to greatness or kill their spirit and confirm in them what naysayers have been telling them about what they cannot do. Many
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There is much that can be said about the use of words, but one of the most fascinating aspects of it is looking at the way that Jesus used words and the impact that His words had on people. He encouraged, He healed, He delivered, He even raised Lazarus from the dead, just by speaking.
I walked up to the ticket counter to ask directions to my hotel. Little did I know that I was about to be called to reflect on my chosen calling. The man behind the glass separation commented on my cross by saying ‘you are a believer aren’t you, I can tell from your cross’. Yes,
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Yet again someone asked me ‘how do you do it?’ ‘ do you ever get to sleep?’. Of course I do sleep, but I understand the question. In church people ask ‘how do you do it?’ at work ( I am bi-vocational) people ask ‘how do you do it?’. The inference is that it is
