@bethany thought it was worthwhile checking in with people
@bethany bey Bethany,
How are you doing?
You can't be late to a party like this one 😉. And, after all, [cheesy Christian joke warning] the first shall be first and the last shall be first
Andy B
@andyharris yes indeed 😊
@andyharris thankyou.
driving can be such a little lonely thing - when I was trucking around the UK I got lots of praying done
On Family Prayer Time last week JoJo and Peter were looking at places to pray, and praying in a car. Well, as part of a family car journey, they took their own advice!
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@sarikorpi Hiya Sari,
Thankyou. DingDash has always been filled with some truly interesting people and I'm so grateful to connect with brothers and sisters from round the world.
Andy B
@davereimer cool. cheers Dave
@Williams_girl cool
It we ever do get the opportunity to come to the US I think we'll have to announce a tour to meet the people we've got to know over there 🙂 and announce it here first
@Berrybunchfamily, I've had similar thoughts. So grateful for the DD platform and have enjoyed the BTJ podcasts over and again.
The offer is authentic. 🤗 My husband, 4 sons and I live about 4 hrs south west of NYC. About 3.5 from Philly.
@Williams_girl thanks - appreciate your kind offer!
We'd love to visit the US one day, God willing!
just noticed how very quiet DingDash has become...thought I'd see who is still on here 🙂
Andy B
S05E090, Cut Your Losses, Andy B 2 Minute Video
I wonder if you’ve ever bought something that wasn’t cut what you wanted. Do we take it back, live with it, or bin it. I guess what we do will be somewhat dependent on what we bought and how expensive it was. We also might consider that the cost of returning it could outweigh the cost of having bought it.
I’ve been there more than once. I’ve also taken something back on principle, and lost money in the process.
We have to make decisions all the time and it can seem somewhat harsh to cutting our loss with people. Instinctively we feel that that is not a Christian thing to do.
And yet Jesus did it. And, what we see Jesus live out are life lessons we would be nothing short of arrogant to ignore. And He didn’t stop for everyone, sometimes to the surprise of His own disciples.
And, so, it is a very biblical principle to cut our losses.
Where do you need to cut your losses? Which relations...[READ MORE]...
Andy B
S04E005, Places to Pray, Car, Family Prayer Time
Peter and JoJo continue encouraging us to pray as a family by praying in different places. This time they’re in the Car, a place that can be stationary or on the move, but where you can be together and take time to pray.
They consider what we could pray whilst in the car or in any mode of transport you may be in as a family – including trains, planes, and buses.
Peter and JoJo challenge us to pray in the car, make it a habit to pray in the car and encourage us to take the time when travelling as a family to take time to talk, reflect and even have a time of devotion.
JoJo and Peter
60 Second Update, Issue 49
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Family Matters Podcast is a podcast by the family, for the family. We have a special guest Andy Godfrey, who reviews recent movies, he shares the Good News Newspaper, and how you can reach non-Christians. We also have lots of great chat!
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@faith20 wonderful to hear!!
I may not have emailed you for a while, but you're being prayed for anyway
Such good news
Andy B
Updates on Teresa's health.
Dear brothers and sisters,
My wife and I want to update you all on Teresa's health and we want to testify how great and powerful was God's intervention in Teresa's life.
As you know Teresa's clinical picture was very serious. For this reason Teresa was hospitalized for about a month.
But throughout this period she started to feel better and better until the doctors informed us that the acute phase had passed and she could continue the treatment at home.
At home Teresa continued to improve more and more and, at the last visit to the hospital, the doctors were amazed to see how well Teresa was. The pneumonia also passed completely. Glory to God.
We want to thank God for how He powerfully intervened in this situation and for how He practically showed us that God is powerful to nullify the sentences and words of men and that the last word on every situation is always God's.
Thanks for the prayers of you all. God bless you.
S05E089, Obedience v Sacrifice, Andy B 2 Minute Video
To Obey is better than Sacrifice. It’s a beautiful gem in the Old Testament which can sometimes be missed! And, when we read something in the bible about sacrificing animals, it’s all too easy to disregard it as out of date because of what Jesus did on the cross.
Jesus’ death and resurrection means we don’t need to sacrifice animals in the Temple. But it doesn’t lessen the importance of obedience for us Christians.
But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice… 1 Samuel 15:22 (New Living Translation)
Put really simply, animal sacrifice made God pleased in the Old Testament times. But, despite that, obedience was what mattered above and beyond that. Actually that theme reappears elsewhere in the Old Testament – when God gets fed up with people doing what…[READ MORE]...
Andy B
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