For we live by believing and not by seeing. 2 Cor 5:7 (NLT) PART 3 – Eyes Have It Go to PART 1>> Yesterday we talked about Daniel Kish and his ability to defy the beliefs and systems we have in place around blind people. Despite having both eyes removed...
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5:7 (NKJV) PART 2 – Blind Faith Go to PART 1>> Yesterday I mentioned the “Invisibilia” podcast episode, “How to Become Batman”. In it the hosts, Lulu and Alix, introduce Daniel Kish, a man who’d had both of his...
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5:7 (NKJV) PART 1 – Great Expectation I’ve been listening to a new podcast called “Invisibilia” which all you neuroscience buffs will love. Go check it out. “How to Become Batman” is a recent episode where the...
Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matt 4:19 (NKJV) A Moment's Notice Jesus teaches us to meet people where they’re at. Not directly as there’s no verse or passage that has Jesus saying, “meet people at whatever point of life you...
When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. Rom 4:18 (MSG) What happens to you when everything is hopeless? Some people meltdown, give up and hang up their...
Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? Mark 4:40 (NLT) Asleep On The Job In this story, there’s a radical storm happening. The disciples, who’d just seen a bunch of cool miracles, are staring fear in the face. From faith to fear in a...
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt 5:39 (KJV) I had to use the King James Version here cos I just love the word “smite”. I don't mean I'm into smiting people, I just think...
For with God nothing will be impossible. Luke 1:37 (NKJV) Imagine finding favour before God, so much so that He entrusted His lineage to you! Mary (the mother of Jesus) could hardly believe it and I think many of us would be the same. But here’s the kicker. God could...
No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 1 Cor 2:7 (NIV) I think often, in our Christian circles, regarding God as ‘mysterious' is almost taboo. I know I can be tempted to think that I have “all...
Submit yourselves, then, to God… James 4:7 (NIV) JAMES 4 – PART 1 James 4 starts with (from the MSG), “Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own...