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The original definition of the word adventure was ‘something about to happen’ as in ‘advent celebrating the coming of Christ’, a sense of anticipation prospect of new growth and new birth. Our opting for comfort and security over passion will not compensate us as we don’t just crave safety, we crave adventure and the excitement, novelty, discovery adrenaline […]
Fear is with Abraham at every turn. When he’s told to leave Haran (Genesis 12:1), it’s fear that would hold him back; fear of stepping out into the unknown and leaving behind the safety and security of life as he knew it. When he arrives in the land and finds it occupied (Genesis 12:6), we […]
Pastor Alan Scott of Causeway Vineyard uses the illustration of a Scarecrow to talk about the fear in our lives. He says that Scarecrows only work because crows are dumb! For a smart crow scarecrows are where the fruit is! I would support the proposition that fear is where your inheritance is. It is like […]
Science is clear in that the quickest most efficient way to bond with a group of stranger is to go through a shared painful and difficult experience together or sharing difficulties in our lives rather than sharing triumphs and successes. The bible tells stories of struggle, where we find the heroes of our faith. So […]
The sculptor Henry Moore once said that the secret to life was to have a task, something to which you devote your entire life and crucially ‘something you cannot possible do.’ Hitching ourselves to something greater than ourselves. A mission that we will never live long enough to see accomplished. The people who built Notre Dame Cathedral […]
I remember as a youngster hearing the Frank Sinatra song High Hopes. It seemed to be such a cheerful hopeful song ‘Cause he had high hopes He had high hopes He had high apple pie In the sky hopes But I have found that having hope gets your hopes up and it’s part of the […]
J Oswald Sanders said trusting faithful people ‘treat the future as present and the invisible as seen’, they can see what others cannot see. Noah saw a coming judgement. Abraham saw a future land. Joseph saw the exodus from Egypt and Moses saw God. By faith ask God who to invite and invite them to take […]
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