Shayne on February 28th, 2007

Selwyn summarises his study of ‘The Character of God’, which he has been been sharing with us over the last two months.
He says there are least three ‘benefits of keeping our gaze continually focused on God.’
The first point is: ‘The more we discover of His love, His holiness, His purity, His trustworthiness, His strength, His [...]

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Shayne on February 27th, 2007

Now, Selwyn starts to bring together what he has been writing about over the last two months.
I think the key statement, in today’s study, is: ‘… when the Lord talks about Himself in Scripture it is often in terms of His attributes or character traits – kindness, justice, righteousness and so on. And there is a clear [...]

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Shayne on February 26th, 2007

I sometimes find it difficult to say to people, as Selwyn says today: ‘The same wisdom which ordered the course of Abraham’s life orders your life and mine today. We should never be taken aback when unexpected things occur.’
I think there is often, an initial reaction of confusion, when painful unexpected events occur. It’s when [...]

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Shayne on February 25th, 2007

Selwyn continues his discussion on God’s knowledge and wisdom. He is helping us understand why a loving God with perfect wisdom allows discomfort and pain to happen – especially to those who are His people.
He paraphases Romans 8:29, found in the Living Bible, as follows: “‘For from the very beginning God decided that those who [...]

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Shayne on February 24th, 2007

Today’s study by Selwyn has helped me in a number of ways.
First off, I really liked the verses set for Further Study (Romans 11:33-36 & Colossians 2:2-4) because while looking up these verses I ’stumbled’ across a number of other verses which appear to be very relevant to some of the other material which I’m writing. [...]

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Shayne on February 23rd, 2007

I think that it’s amazing that, as Selwyn says today, that we are ‘never out of His thoughts’; ‘there is not a single moment when His eye is not upon us.’
The area which really stirred my heart was the bit about “Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor who was executed by the Nazis (in the very [...]

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Shayne on February 22nd, 2007

The bit I like from today’s study is: ‘Even when things are happening in our lives that are profoundly mysterious to us and quite incomprehensible to those who are around us, we must never lose sight of the fact that “He knows the way [we] take.’ (Job 23:10)
I also like, and it’s one of my [...]

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