Your Pastor and How Far Your Trust, Respect, Encouragement and Value For Them Goes
SOME people who aren’t pastors won’t understand this, but there are many who aren’t pastors who do. Pastors ordinarily give of themselves to such a degree that they live the call of their faith in their roles – and are hence completely at the beck and call of others at the behest of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, and indeed very often, there are sacrifices of time that the pastor makes that only their family truly knows about. That’s because they spread themselves over the congregation in ways that most only see a snippet of what they give in terms of time and other sacrifices.
Besetting Sins & Agitating Passions Must Be DefeatedChristians are not given to heinous sins like drugs, drug trafficking, and prostitution. Their struggles center on indulgence in food, social media, excessive video games, and television addiction. Read this article and find a way out of these besetting sins and agitating passions and into you divine calling and purpose in Christ.
THIS article is about weakness, and the paradoxical nature of the strength that prevails for us when we’re intentionally weak; when we come to rely on God’s strength in our weakness. First come these random though related thought statements to ponder.
3 Things I’ve Learned From GodIn our fast paced modern world we are faced with fears, struggles and at times seemingly senseless situations! How can we be confident of a bright and secure future? Discover 3 things I have learned from God that gives me greater evidence for a secure and advancing world!
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas (Israel)Of all the days of Christmas it’s appropriate to finish on it’s the twelfth day where the number twelve depicts not only Israel who struggled with God, but it depicts just as much the meaning of perfection and completion (as does the number seven). This means that, like Israel, we’re bound to struggle with God, and we’re bound to do so in the totality of our lives. Not only that, but God will prevail, not only over us, but for us, in the totality of our lives.
Have Fellowship With GodWhat do you do with the 24 hours of your day? How many seconds or minutes or hours daily do you allot to the giver of your life? The time you give to God, your maker, determines what happens to the rest of the day. One reason why God made man was for fellowship and whoever satisfies this will be satisfied by Him. This article encourages you to make a choice to fellowship with God.
ON THE ELEVENTH day of Christmas my True Love sent to me eleven pipers piping. Each of Jesus’ disciples – eleven of the twelve remained after the crucifixion event – exemplified very human qualities. Indeed, the twelfth, Judas Iscariot, the betrayer, typified a human quality that sits comfortably with none of us. We all have the capacity to sell Jesus out – indeed, we’ve all done it.
The EntityThere is a question of why existence occurred. The answer could define a belief in personal worth.
Reply to a Destiny and Karma CynicThe views we hold about personal fate and karma, such as at least 75% of the core circumstances and events in everyone’s life are predestined, are controversial. We regularly receive unsolicited (usually anonymous) feedback.
On the Ninth Day of Christmas (Fruit of the Spirit)ON THE NINTH day of Christmas my True Love sent to me nine ladies dancing. The gift that is nine ladies dancing is the teamwork with which they all dance – each lady a distinct fruit of the Spirit. A dance in unison is a beautiful dance to watch. And the fruit of the Spirit is beautiful to experience. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness and self-control. In the one they are Jesus Christ – the potential of which is the Christ-child born at Bethlehem. In the one they’re to embody us.
Releasing Self-Created StoriesIt seems that this holiday season is ripe with realizations for me, and it is my prayer that in sharing what I am learning that you will find some clarity and healing too. As the time approaches for celebrating Christmas with family and loved ones, instead of brimming over with anticipation, different emotions seem to be rising within me. Tears flowed again and again as I decorated the tree and as I prepared homemade favourites for my children. Feelings of loneliness and isolation rose within me as I began my two-week break from teaching. Dread and resistance rise within me as I think of time with my parents and siblings. What is there for me to realize and learn from these emotions?
A Day of New Abundance!Have you ever wondered about that scripture in Matthew 13:12 that reads: “For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them” (NIV)?



