A Brief Pause with Andy B, 07.02.23
Jesus stopped.
We should too!
It’s good to take a regular pause through the day to hush and pause – and to check in with God. What might God say to us if we let Him?
Andy B
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S05E053, Best Laid Plans, Andy B 2 Minute Video
There’s a rather crude phrase in the UK about how P&*$ Poor Planning Produce P*£% Poor Performance. (You can interpret those symbols for whatever works best for your innocence!)
The basic point is simply that if we don’t put in the effort to plan something, it’s likely to go wrong. And planning poorly usually results in poor outcome.
As humans, as parents, as friends, as children, as employers and employees we’re regularly planning something. Even if it’s our next break for a cup of tea!
Meanwhile, never planning for anything is a very bad idea on a number of levels. But, it is also a bad idea not to plan so much you’ve sorted the next thirty years of your life, without considering how you’re gonna do it.
We can dream that dream house. But if it’s on the other side of a ravine, we need to build a bridge first before fitting our bespoke kitchen units an...[READ MORE] ...
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S06E008, It Is What It Is, Endurance
Steven and Nathan are back with Endurance after a bit of a break, and they are using the expression ‘it is what it is’ to talk about accepting what is.
Endurance is your weekly spiritual workout, whether you think of yourself as a beginner, an intermediate, or advanced!
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In this GoDeeper, Steven talks largely about accepting what is. He begins by pointing out that in order to change you have to first accept where you are at, and he gives an example from his own life.
Then he discusses those things in life that don’t change even after much prayer. The apostle Paul had some experience of that, which Steven unpacks from 2 Corinthians 12. The other point that he makes is that we need to accept the past because we definitely can’t change that.
He concludes with a passage of Scripture from Ecclesiastes.
Steven and Nathan
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S03E008, The Silver Lining, Family Prayer Time
Psalm 12
Peter and JoJo have returned to encouraging us to pray as a family by using the Psalms. They start off with Psalm 12.
Peter and JoJo read out loud all eight verses of this psalm and encourage us to do the same as a family. In the first half David despairs at the growing number of wicked people, and in the second half he praises God’s goodness.
JoJo points out how we should be like David who is honest to God about his feelings, and thoughts, but always ends up praising God and knowing God is in charge.
Jo Jo and Peter
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S05E052, How Many Fingers From Disaster? Andy B 2 Minute Video
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In the Film series, Ice Age, there is little sabre tooth squirrel. He always gets so close to being to safeguard his precious nuts, when disaster strikes. If I’m honest he’s my favourite character because he never gives up trying. Everything gets thrown at him. And, yet, he just picks himself up and gets going again.
Sure, he suffers some typically calamitous disasters that requires the odd bit of hospital treatment.
But, he keeps going! [READ MORE]
Andy B
I was crying when I heard that children in Finland aged 12 and older were 'strongly recommended' to wear masks in school. We are a very obedient people, and people control each other, so you don't have to legislate such things. How easy is it for a child to stand against peer pressure and teachers? I bought my son textile masks, but my heart sank as they got to cover themselves in his new school (from grade 7) and not get to see each other. To be fearful. Not be able to breathe properly. And so on. I was 100 % against it, but most Finns were not. Some are still using them!
@davereimer yes, plenty of water is good for you
Blessings
@sarikorpi amen!!
@Berrybunchfamily I'm happy to hear that they managed to stop it. In Finland the situation is bad, as it is especially the government (majority of it) that is boosting it and pushing it forward. Only two parties in the opposition (the Christian party and the Finns party) are openly trying to stop it from going through.
We can only cry out to God to open the eyes of the Parliament. 🙏
@sarikorpi this is insane
Scotland wanted to do something similar. Thankfully the British government stepped in and over ruled.
It's utter madness!
Website Launch Countdown – 4 days to go
We’ve got a brand New website name coming your way for the Brand New website. We couldn’t get rid of our roots – www.BerryBunch.family will still get you to our home on the internet, just as it always did.
We’re changing how we use Social Media (including WordPress). At the moment we post videos all over the place! But, from 1st February, we’ll be pointing you to our website to watch the videos there – this will be better for you as the videos will be presented, and looking, their very best for you. Downloading videos for later use gets super simple too! This makes Andy B SUPER happy!
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@davereimer ok. Doctor told me to ignore any future mild episodes...severe is one thing, mild ones he said to just work through
We're still awaiting that 72 hr heart monitor...but there's a backlog in the UK for those...not a clue how long we'll have to wait
@Overcomer and very encouraging it is too!
Andy B
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