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In the film Frozen Elsa’s powers grow and become uncontrollable when she is scared. Every catastrophe in which she is involved is caused by her fear. The key moment I believe in the film is when Grand Pabble a wise elderly troll says to Elsa that ”Fear will be her enemy.” So what do Elsa […]
Some criticism hurts whilst other criticism does not touch us at all. The criticism that stings the most is when we remember the word said for years whilst other criticism just bounce off. The criticism that goes in like an arrow and plants in and we can’t get it out is the criticism we already […]
We protect our Christians congregations from real challenge, but moderate amounts of adversity are a great learning tool. Character strengths are built from failure, trying something failing and realising that it is not the end of the world, and trying again. We can get completely derailed if we have not had a chance of learning […]
If you were in a car with someone, who learns the route better the driver or the passenger? In the car the driver learns because he/she has to use it, the passenger is just passively sitting there. Social Psychologist Professor Matthew Lieberman says research shows that “if you learn in order to teach someone else […]
How can you respond in a reflective rather than a reflexive way? When we respond reflexively it usual spontaneous and without thought. It is hard to reflect when you have high stress, it is difficult to think when your emotions are going crazy. Abraham when saying his wife was his sister, when the children of […]
We don’t go into mission because we fear rejection. Or another way of stating this is that we spend our lives seeking approval from other people. The disciple John spoke about seeking the approval of man (12:42-43) “Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess […]
We need to transform the meaning of effort and difficulty in the area of mission. At the moment we are hearing a no as a failure, it is making us feel rejected not only by the person who said no, but also by the church. but what if we start thinking “a no” means “a […]
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