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DAY 35 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“One plants…again.” It was a blessed day that Larry and Helen Deason left their home in Texas in the 1960s to be missionaries in New Zealand. Larry met and taught Peter Craig the gospel and, praise God, baptised him. In turn, Peter Craig taught me the gospel and baptised me into Christ on the seventh day of the seventh month of 1977 (another blessed day). That was the greatest day of my life. From childhood I had no doubts about…
Day 34 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“One plants…” New Zealand went from Level 4 to Level 3 Lock-Down today. The fast-food drive-thrus, Pizza delivery and Uber Eats are doing a roaring trade. Some Kiwis even ordered two deliveries to their door to celebrate reunions. There are still strict rules for social distancing in place, but how much they will be adhered to, we may never know. There is no talk of returning to places of worship within the next few weeks, we can only pray that…
How can your church be better? – 1 Cor 1:26-31
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (NASB) 26 For [a]consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to [b]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, 29 so that no [c]man may boast before God. 30 But [d]by His doing you are in Christ…
Day 33 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“I’ll start with myself…” Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools (Ecclesiastes 7:9). You didn’t have to live very long before witnessing outbursts of anger, did you? In fact, you may have had a few yourself—early on, I mean. The older you get the more you realize that these things don’t just go away, and that anger, in all its forms, is something best dealt with before it deals…
Day 32 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“Praise the Lord!” And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).I thought I would try to come up with a few things about which to ‘Praise the Lord’ during this time of confinement. I have come up with a dozen. The list would have been much longer if I had included the many personal blessings that have been unique…
Day 31 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“Pick a Day.” Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed” (Proverbs 15:22).If I asked you to write down the names of the 7 most likely people that you would call during a personal crisis, who would be on that list? Why them? My guess is that mutual trust would be high on the list of reasons why. Further analysis may reveal why you might even call one person over another. Some problems are huge. They…
Day 30 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“How good is that?” If you could count all the sins committed on any given day on earth, and represent each one by tossing a tennis ball into those big freight train carriages, how many miles long do you think that train would be by days end? Some would insist, “‘Not that long. Only despots and moral deviants sin. Everything else is either poor judgement or accidental.” People typically react to sin in very simple terms: They Protect themselves. Denial…
Day 29 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“A few words, please?” There is a list of people to whom I am eternally grateful. Their beautiful images are indelibly imprinted on my heart. I have stored none but good memories of them and am always glad to hear that they are doing well. Some I have known most of my days, some come and go from my life, and some I met but once. The thing that they all hold in common is the impact that their encouraging…
Day 28 The Lock-Down. Bringing Hope to Confined Circumstance
“My time to Shine.” Back in the days where everyone knew who could actually play rugby and the rest of us formed the ‘B’-Team, I was shuffled out on to the field with the rest of my sports-challenged comrades to see what might happen. I spent my time trying to look as if I knew what I was doing, but, with my compatriots, proved with every move that I did not have a clue. Invariably a tackle was made, the…
1 Corinthinas 1:17 – Wednesday 22-04-2020
1 Corinthians 1:17 (NASB) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in [a]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. Post Views: 328