I liked Selwyn’s conclusion: “How are you doing in relation to this matter of experience and expression? Does your experience of God flow out in your expression of God? What God gives you is like bread. If it is not broken and shared it grows mouldy and goes bad. The more you share the more [...]
Today’s set text for reading and meditation contain some really good material, Hebrews 13:1-21 (NLT): “… Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do [...]
Well, I’m feeling a lot better today; and as I’m the sort of person who gets easily lost in their own thoughts with God - I can only say, ‘Amen’, in regard to today’s study! Selwyn introduces today’s topic, as follows: ” … No mater how naturally self-expressive and outgoing your are, you need to take [...]
I thought the conclusion to today’s study, to be worth repeating: “You and I live physically because we receive from our environment food, water, air and so on. In the same way we live spiritually by taking in from our spiritual environment, the kingdom of God. What happens if we do not receive physically? We [...]
Selwyn now looks at another pair of virtues that need to be in balance – experience and expression. I’ll take a lot out of today’s study – because, I think it’s important to get the context right. He writes: “Some concentrate on experiencing God but fail to express what they have experienced. Others concentrate on the [...]
I’ve heard a number of variations of the story that Selwyn tells today; about the man on his roof during a flood, and there are a number of offers of rescue but he refuses the help offered, with this explanation – “it’s alright. I am going to trust the Lord.” He drowns. Trusting in God [...]
‘I say this in love’
Selwyn now looks at his last pair of ‘opposites’ – truth and love. He introduces this discussion by saying that ‘some people are so focused on promoting love in their lives that they overlook the importance of biblical truth. … Others adopt the attitude that truth is all-important and pursue it at the expense of [...]
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