Posts Tagged ‘Help

26
Jul
24

Faith & Love!

Hospitality?

As believers with in clergy or in everyday living, we always have the ability to share our faith, sometimes it can be very easy but for many it is very hard, because they lack confidence or fear offense from others!

But this should not be the excuse for doing nothing, when even a one word might be enough?

The world is crying out for God, despite what the media like to portray and the negativity of many presenters and journalist, people need help in relationships, marriages, money worries, loss of loved ones, disability, human rights more nearer to home, homelessness and many other issues with medical conditions and mental health!

We have a big Father in Heaven who care for us, if we would but put our trust in Him today?

Romans 11:14, James 5:20, 1 Peter 4:8-10, Revelation 3:20, 7:17.

16
Sep
22

Visibility of the Clergy!

Mourning for Queen Elizabeth-II Regina and the Nation?

Are we seeing a reality of loss, a comfort to the people or just a procedure that has to be seen to be carried out every time a Monarch or a Prime minister passes?

The work of chaplaincy is now much needed as a million people may pass the coffin of our late Queen and be in deep grievance that death brings on us, if not recall to our own pain of personal loss?

Jesus was the great shepherd and He appointed the Disciples, who became Apostles and as the Ekklesia grew from the Way, much more was required in Church office to care for the respective flocks and not lord it over others vulnerable or not!

But we are all sinners and will fail as many do to money, to adultery, to theft, to hurting and exploiting others, if not the cases of sexual abuse and murder! Vows are not kept and many are flippant in their responsibilities accepting men who feel they are woman, while denouncing woman from the pulpit and breaking with Biblical teaching to self-achievement over the dying to self and obedience?

Jeremiah 23:2, John 3:3-21, 10:1-14, Acts 20:28, Hebrews 4:12-13, 9:26, 13:4.

10
Sep
22

All Change Elizabeth-II Passes 8th September!

Charles-III Now the New King?

It was a swift hand over and all in these days of national and commonwealth mourning looks stable, but with the new king comes many questions in relation to his wife, to the death of Princess Diana and the separation of Harry and Megan from the Royal family and also the upholding in reality of the Protestant faith?

We know that the Queen was a born-again Christian and she preached that faith each Christmas message to the nation, despite the media blocking it off for the last thirty years or so!

We also know that she put into practice in meeting leaders of all sorts and tried to give right advice and warnings to her own political leaders to change their way and recently we saw one refuse to do so and thus he has left to introduce another into our economic mess over the Ukraine and the sanctions we placed on Russian goods and fuels?

Matthew 5:27, Acts 24:24, Romans 1:8, 3:22-26, 6:23, 13:9, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Galatians 5:6, 1 Timothy 4:6, Hebrews 13:4.

19
Aug
22

Understanding!

Listening and Hearing?

To be a true pastor of the sheep, we need to listen, hear clearly and understand what people are trying to say and where they are coming from!

Many Christians in leadership today many preach well, may attend many conferences or are invited to many meetings, but fail to care for their own flock in a right way?

People wither believing or unbelieving need help, situations occur in families, work and school if not other places where crime is high parents worry about their kids, even adults, mental health and housing along with benefit issues, that others coming from the middle-classes do not have to deal with so much!

Deuteronomy 1:13, Psalm 49:3, 20, Proverbs 2;2, Isaiah 11:2, Colossians 2:2, James 3:13, 1 Peter 3:7.

22
Jul
22

Pastoring!

The role of the Minister and all believers?

In the daily life of Ekklesia much is placed on those at the head to lead the members of the congregation, but we forget that ministering is a shared role and as believers we have much to offer in the comforting of friends within and outsiders too!

Organization and denomination must not be a block to encouragement, to comfort in pain, death and illness, since we are all of one family who have faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus our Lord while also knowing that we have ben forgiven our past failings and are free to Eternity, if we remain faithful and right with God?

Colossians 3:1-6, Matthew 16:23, John 11:25-26, Romans 6:2, Colossians 4:2-6.

17
Jun
22

Forensic Science!

Creating an image from the Skull?

Police forces worldwide depend on facial recognition when they recover bones and the human skull and there are now many new techniques in using computer-laser software to map and create an image?

But the art of drawing and plastering a mould is still effective in giving a near impression of that person and also to age missing children to what they might look like years on from their disappearance?

Know one knows what Jesus looked like, He is referred to as not attractive and was probably like a Orthodox Jew that we see today? But Christians have abused His image by making Him white, western and attractive in Church stained glass windows and in various paintings!

Isaiah 53:2-3, John 1:10-11. 1 Peter 2:24-25.

31
Dec
21

Happy New Year 2022!

Will it be the same, not getting Involved?

We meet many people all over the place and they are all distant from religion, some remember Sunday school others a odd Bible story, which they confuse with Mohammed and Islam, while others have nothing to hold on to but Santa and his elves?

This is how bad it is in many parts of the western Christian society, even in the United States people say everyone who they believe was good will go to Heaven, but when pushed they know very little of the Holy Bible!

Talking recently to clergy people one got the image that they wanted Church to return, but they really wanted to avoid issues, how sad that they fail to read the Bible or believe in God and its only Doctrine and comfort with an easy life?

Other parts it is a hard graft, a hard calling with persecution, much like Stephen the first Martyr! Because when you tell the truth the world will really hate you, even some in the Ekklesia who have some mixed up ideas about the police, knife and gun crime and grassing up others?

Deuteronomy 33:12, John 5:39-40, 2 Thessalonians 3:16, 1 Peter 1:14, 18.

05
Oct
18

Fire, fruit and Pruning! Two.

Our accountability and Responsibility?

Our relationship with God, through Jesus is part of the New Life that we have entered into, but this is a two way friendship and not a material or spiritual reliance! We ask and God will just keep giving more and more, we too have a role to play in serving, worshipping, praying and witnessing our faith to others?

The worlds ways today have invaded the Church in many ways, that has allowed believers to be excused of many areas? These areas cover the practical side of concern, activity and friendship without bias, and one has to wonder why the numbers are going down!

Fellowship or mixing in some more traditional congregations is failing because of racism, class, respectability and even dress, we have become self appointed judges? Instead of looking out for peoples problems and trying to help each other at cost!

Genesis 39:6,  1 Chronicles 13:14,   Psalm 65:9,   95:7,   Luke 4:18,   Acts 20:7,   1 Timothy 3:5,  Hebrews 10:34.

06
May
16

God’s Control. Part-One.

Little People.

We are an arrogant human race to think that we know everything and yet the reallity is we know very little. Knowledge of things make us wise, but it is how we use that knowledge that will bring blessings!

We have men in Space today, people warning of Global warming and peacekeepers, doctors trying to help people in disease, famine and war?

Yet we have others making finacial gain from off-shore funds and shares in the arms industry, others justifying relations with nations who have a bad human rights record.

But God knows everything, He knows each one of us, as individuals that he created long before even this world and universe was made. He has also determined the fate of us all, but the one thing he has given us is the oppertunity to change, by our freedom to choose!

Acts 17:26,   Deuteronomy 32:7-8,   Jeremiah 1:10.

18
Mar
16

Sin and Salvation. Part-Three.

The need for, Met.

When the ship is sinking or the plane falling from the sky the athiest cries out to God, ‘Save me! Why does that person do such a thing, when they say they do not believe in a God?

Why are the secular society meeting on a Sunday, when they are so oppsed to Christianity?

The reason for all of this is that broken relationship with God comes to the fore in our greatest time of need. We here everyday people say, ‘Oh God, and then go on to deny Him

This is time of the year when the credit runs our and the HP has to be paid off. Many find themselves in debts and fear sets in and God is sought for the moment?

2 Corinthians 6:2,  Isaiah 49:8,   Matthew 26:26-28,   Acts 2:23,   1 Corinthians 5:8,  Hebrews 3:13.

 




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