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Barry And Vanessa’s 2021 Quirky Christmas Letter
BEWARE OF MAKING GOD IN OUR IMAGE
And Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be taken up and thrown into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him’ (Mark 11:22-23) Unfortunately, we often reverse […]
DYING TO SELF
This is a profound truth. Before we can achieve anything for God, we must be willing to die to self–if necessary, never to rise again. I had to preach on this theme once. I worked long and hard on that message. I thought I had prepared a sermon that would be pretty impressive. On the […]
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?
Too often it is easy for us to settle down to a comfortable level of living and we opt for the status quo. When I was a high school student, I had a privileged position in the front row of one class where I had a desk-for-two all to myself. One day, I was comfortably […]
SIMPLY NOWHERE ELSE TO GO
God’s faithfulness has nothing to do with apparent success or apparent failure. It simply means that God is with us in every situation. A growing church with a large congregation, modern buildings and a complex program is no more proof of God’s faithfulness than a small home fellowship with half a dozen people meeting regularly […]
THE SEED OF THE KINGDOM
‘This is what the kingdom of God is like,’ said Jesus. Á man scatters seed on the ground…’ (Mark 4:26). To live creatively is to draws seed from the stock of our imagination and plant it. What are the dreams and imaginings of your mind? Have you dismissed them as mere daydreams, figments of the […]
GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL
It is important to remember that God is always faithful, no matter what happens. Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. (Deuteronomy 7:9). For the word of the Lord is […]
STRESS-FREE LIVING
When we had been married just a handful of years, Vanessa and I owned a delicatessen. At one point, it seemed that everything was going wrong. We were low on stock. There were bills to pay. The deep freezer broke down and we lost valuable frozen goods. I had was involved in a car accident. […]
‘WHEN HE COMES AGAINST ME, THE DEVIL MUST FLEE!’
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you (James 4:7). Satan is not a foe to be taken lightly. He is powerful and evil. He is busy in the world today, stirring up bloodshed, murder and civil strife, deceiving people into breaking down traditional moral standards, spreading sickness and sorrow; […]