Devotion
That Impostor, Success!
Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you… for I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you’. Isaiah 41:10,13. Most Western pastors lead […]
Failure Need Never Be Final
When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver… [and] departed; and he went and hanged himself. Matthew 27:3-5. Here is a paragraph about failure from Clovis Chappell (If I Were Young): After the miracles in Galilee there comes the solitude of the cross. After […]
Effectiveness Is A Better Idea
I sought the Lord and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4. Here are some bits of anonymous wisdom from my files about success and failure: ‘You may not be what you think you are, but what you think, you are!’ (Sports stars talk about ‘imaging’). ‘I don’t know the […]
Success Isn’t The Absence Of Failure!
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits… Psalm 103:2. God sees ‘success’ and ‘failure’ more in terms of relationships than of achievements, more in ‘being’ than in ‘doing’… Noah got drunk, Moses got angry and Gideon became scared. Peter could be inconsistent, Paul inconsiderate; Thomas doubted, Martha pouted. But […]
Falling Isn’t Failing
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4. Jesus promised his followers three things: constant trouble […]
Unless You Have Failed, You Will Never Succeed
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest-time, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9. In their analysis of the American ethos Robert Bellah and his colleagues wrote, ‘The American dream is often a very private dream of being the star, the uniquely successful and […]
Hell – Restructuring
In nz.soc.religion Rowland Croucher <> wrote: : In a recent address, the pope "denied heaven and hell were : physical places and seemed to reverse nearly 2,000 years of : Christian teaching," Mohler wrote in an article titled, "Should : we lose the fear of Hell? Pope redefines the doctrine." I can't resist the opportunity […]
Games Christians Play
The tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits… From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brother and sisters, this ought not to be so. James 3:5,10. Christians are not perfect, just forgiven. Their imperfections manifest themselves in the games they sometimes play. At a conference I heard the British […]
Five Rules For Happiness
———————— Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters… you serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3: 23,24. Somewhere I came across these five rules for happiness: 1. The grass is NOT greener anywhere else. Life is what you make it. Avoid the ‘if only…’ syndrome at […]
Overcoming The Fear Of Failure
We pray to God… that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. 2 Corinthians 13:7. ‘We regret we are unable to give you the weather. We rely on weather reports from the airport, which is closed because of the weather. Whether we are able to give you the weather […]
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