I like the way Selwyn describes ‘God with us’: “Some Christians seem incapable of seeing or finding God in the commonplace. They tend to deny the nobility of anything that mingles with our earthly clay. They look for God only in the cloistered retreat, far from the cry of the suffering humanity, kept pure because [...]
Selwyn continues with his discussion on ‘the thought that the Spirit of the living Christ is everywhere’. I really liked the story of the two women who each had a child with Down’s syndrome – and who became followers of Jesus because of the love that flowed from their children. Can’t really add much to stories such [...]
I think the key point in today’s study is: “It is easier to look back and see how God has worked in the past because we have not learned how to look for Him in the present.” Perhaps, it is because we lose sight of the fact that Jesus is with us every moment of [...]
I like Selwyn’s concluding remarks: “It is possible to walk around blind to the glory that is around us because we do not expect to find it there. For that reason we need the discerning eye – the power (provided by the Holy Spirit) to see the glory in the ordinary, to walk down familiar [...]
Today – Selwyn introduces another way in which we find ourselves ‘surprised by God’ is when He reveals Himself to us at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected places. I come back to this study in a few days time – with some comments about the times God has ‘surprised’ me. Â
Selwyn spends some time discussing Romans 10:13; ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ Twelve words which summarise the whole of the Bible – of course, there is much to understand with the help of the Holy Spirit before the true significance of these words becomes obvious. He makes the [...]
Reach out – now
There are two areas which I like in today’s study: one, “God came to earth in Jesus in a particularly unspectacular way, and despite the beauty and perfection of His life, He usually passed unrecognised in the midst of people. God was with humankind – and yet people sought Him afar.” The second bit, is [...]
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