Devotion
Resolving Past Conflicts
N E I L A N D E R S O N D A I L Y D E V O T I O N A L from Freedom in Christ Ministries October 24 RESOLVING A PAST CONFLICT Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided […]
Paint The Picture True To Life
By Ralph Cox [Ralph Cox graduated from Trinity Bible College in 1968. He studied under Charles Duncombe, a talented and very good teacher. Brother Duncombe had the equivalent of a Doctor of Divinity in England. He knew Smith Wigglesworth and was a worker with him. Brother Cox was issued the first honorary citation at the […]
Encounter And Adoration
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-215 ENCOUNTER AND ADORATION From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker! For he is our God… Psalm 95:6,7. We worship as whole beings: our […]
We Are His Hands And Feet
WE ARE HIS HANDS AND FEET Many years ago a youngster who lived in a rough area of town was having a hard time at his new job in the factory. He was brave enough, or foolish enough (depending on your point of view) to hang on to his ideals, even his Christian beliefs. His […]
Psalms On Sundays: 34 – Learning By Heart
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-214 Sunday 29 Oct 2000 Reading: PSALM 34 – LEARNING BY HEART (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) What appalling manners to keep God’s word waiting in the hallway of our minds: ‘Lord, I *will* receive your words into my heart.’ This ‘teaching’ Psalm was arranged for memorising. Here we find […]
Knowing God’s Will
Christian Quotation of the Day October 29, 2000 Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 I fear that many people seek to hear God solely as a device for securing their own safety, comfort and righteousness. For those who busy themselves to know the will of God, however, it […]
How To Conquer Fear
Notes from a sermon by Rowland Croucher. Hear the one about the big game hunter who ran out of ammunition as a lion charged him? ‘What did you do?’ asked an anxious friend. ‘I sure was scared, but I looked up and there was a branch 25 feet up so I jumped…’ ‘Did you make […]
Your Problems Can Become Opportunities
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-196 (Practical Christian Living) by Edward Chinn Do you know that the ‘Woody Woodpecker’ cartoon started life as a problem for honeymooners? Grace and Walter Lantz rented a rustic wooden cabin in the forest for their honeymoon. At the first dawn there, a woodpecker started its pounding on the roof. The newlyweds […]
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
Dale Carnegie’s excellent book ‘How to Stop Worrying and Start Living’ has lots of ideas here. He tells the story of Leon Shimkin, general manager of the large publishing house Simon & Schuster. After every executive meeting he’d be so worried and frustrated because their discussions went around in circles. Then after fifteen (!) years […]
Worship: Dynamic And Liturgical
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-197 From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind… One day Peter […]
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