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What Keeps You Strong?

I’m inspired when I see people that have been serving the Lord for many years, often in the same roles, who are still on fire, still going strong, still serving the Lord! Somehow they have found what keeps them going strong. Paul the Apostle is a fine example. In the face of much personal suffering he continued to serve God fervently. He said, ‘If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful service for me’! (Phil 1:22). So what kept him going strong?

I can tell you it was not the labour itself! If Paul was conducting his ministry because of the thrill of the work, then I think he would have bailed out early on. It was real hard work; it was dangerous; it was painful at times; and he suffered much! I’m not saying he did not enjoy aspects of the work. I think he did. It would have been thrilling to see people come to Christ and miracles happen. Read More...

Thinking About Life - When Mercy is Ugly

In one of Shakespeare's most known and loved passages, the young heroine, Portia, urges Shylock, the moneylender, to show the kind of mercy that "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven," that "is enthroned in the hearts of kings," and "is an attribute to God Himself."

This arresting image of mercy is both noble and other-worldly, rousing images like that of Caravaggio's "The Seven Acts of Mercy," in which an angel's outstretched hand reaches over seven scenes of mercy: burying the dead, feeding the hungry, refreshing the thirsty, harboring the stranger, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, and ministering to prisoners. The seven scenes are based on the words of Jesus in Matthew 25:35-36: "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." Read More...

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