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I have been following Jesus for over 40 years. I have worked in manure, petrol, chemical waste, mopped up after the police, airlines, and church congregations, and am an artist. At the moment I teach how to make cutlery from logs. I am a student of The Word and walk in The Spirit. He must increase, I must decrease.
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@HollySaxby Part 4
I did buy a Bible which appealed to me in a bookshop: a ‘Living Bible’.
My parents had the highest expectations for me, but it wasn’t matched with support, and I was forced by the school into the wrong A-levels. I didn’t get the results I was hoping for, and after a year off earning and touring Australia for 6 months, I was finally ready to go off to Warwick University. As I left the house, my mother said “You know, Nigel, if you had really bothered to work at school you could have been going to Oxford or Cambridge now.”
The shame crashed in on me, destroying the excitement and confidence I had of starting a new chapter of my life. I was being told that yet again I was a disappointment. I think it was from that point that I came to believe that I would always be a disappointment. That I could do nothing but let everyone down: my parents, myself, and of course by extension my Lord and anyone else I might love in the future. I lost the confidence for anything.
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I think we have seen the end of social media apps. All socials will now only be websites with their own private servers. No logical person would let the tech oligarchs control whether their platform lives or dies.
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I've been thinking one of the traps for anyone in the USA right now is giving into the trap of getting angry at a certain group of people. If you're a believer then you are the light of the world and can bring light into the darkness. The enemy knows he can trigger you, but if you stay true to the calling of God to make Jesus known to all then you will not get caught up in the affairs of this world.
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@sinbach there's always an alternative.. sometimes it's even better!
Here is an alternative to WhatsApp..and it's secure:
Let's switch to Signal: https://signal.org/install
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Our area in China is under lockdown. Please pray as it is much much harsher than North America
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My friend and neighbor just died rather unexpectedly. She is survived by her husband, kids and grandkids. She was so very full of life it seemed, a real go getter. She is a sister in Christ and was finishing building a house to retire in. So many unfinished plans. Our lives are but a vapor, don't assume there's a tomorrow.
“... through the odd circumstances of Jesus' conception, Jesus can identify with two of the most oppressed and disenfranchised types of people in the world: the single mom and the "illegitimate" child.”Karl Gessler in his latest podcast. See karlgessler@karlgessler@dingdash.com
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There is nothing loving about a lie.
Loving Truth may not always be comfortable, but walking in Truth is walking in the light rather than stumbling in the darkness of lies and being destroyed.
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@Fisherman children are smart, take them to God’s Word where Jesus said we’d be persecuted for His name sake. He, too, was persecuted and told us we would experience nothing less. It’s how parents lead their kids in countries where persecution is constant and more severe. Let’s lead our kids and grandkids by an example of courage, much prayer and a faith no one and nothing can shake.
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Lovely article by my friend, Sarah about her journey with the Lord to genuine freedom ❤️
https://rayoflight2020.com/2020/12/14/godly-modesty-in-clothing
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@Asianking thank you for sharing! I will be storming the gates of Heaven for our brother, placing him at the foot of the Almighty's throne.
How did we get some of the non-biblical details of the Nativity story?
eg: Mary & Joseph arriving ‘just in time’; the Donkey, the innkeeper, the stable, the Magi visiting close to the the time of the birth? They all came from a heretical text called the The Protoevangelium of James. It is a pseudepigraphal work deliberately named to mislead people into thinking it was written by the biblical James. What are we doing having anything to do with such a book? Let's not blunt our double-edged swords.
My Declaration on Hope
I declare that I am blessed because I trust in you, Lord. You are my hope. Because of that hope I will increasingly be like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out her roots by the dependable river. I will not wilt when the dry season comes, but my leaves will remain green. I will not be worried, because even in the drought years I will continue to bring fruit to maturity.
(From Jeremiah 17:7-8)
"The Bible teaches that God helps those who are at the end of themselves." Jackie Cowan quoting an insightful re-writing of the old and much-quoted & worldly proverb "God helps those who help themselves".
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today is a sad day. I just learned that my dear friend, a house church pastor in Anhui province, and very dear BTJ partner, his wife passed away.
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We blew the shofar in Shushi - now it is threatened if not already taken by the Azeris - pray, pray for Armenia the first Christian nation.
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"In the middle of your mess, He is writing your message."
#speaklife
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The most secure thing we can do is trust in what He said yo us. He won't fail a thing.
I have been following Jesus for over 40 years. I have worked in manure, petrol, chemical waste, mopped up after the police, airlines, and church congregations, and am an artist. At the moment I teach how to make cutlery from logs. I am a student of The Word and walk in The Spirit. He must increase, I must decrease.
Joined Nov 2020
