Tag archive: issues
Poker Face
People try to maintain a poker face – keeping a straight face so that no one can see what they are thinking or feeling. Acts 14:8-20 Reference: He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed (Acts 14:9 NIV) Explore: The other day…
Conflicting Messages
Conflict is rarely confined to just two people. Genesis 31:22-55 Reference: Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home. (Genesis 31:55 NIV) Explore: The impact of conflict between two people is rarely confined just to those two involved. Conflict spreads like a virus…
Famous Movie Misquotes
“Luke, I am your father” Luke 10:1-12 Reference: He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. (Luke 10:2 NIV) Explore: I love a good movie quote. In fact, some quotes have made it into our everyday…
Pastel-Coloured Walls
It’s like we think everyone else is perfect, so we have to be as well. Ezekiel 13:1-23 Reference: “ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,” (Ezekiel 13:10) Explore: There is a slum in a developing country…
Raising Their Ugly Heads
When the same issue continues to raise its head, you have to look in the mirror to see if the issue lies within yourself 1 Chronicles 20:1-8 Reference: In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a…