Tag archive: unity
Are You One Of Us?
If they looked like me then maybe they could be Aussies too! 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Reference: “Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.” 1 Corinthians 10:17 NIV Explore: A few years ago I spent a month over in the Philippines. While the people…
Death By Committee
A task becomes so laborious nothing ever gets done. 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Reference: “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in…
Good Conflict; Bad Conflict
Conflict is a given; how we respond is a choice. 1 Kings 21:1-29 Reference: “His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?”” 1 Kings 21:5 NIV Explore: There’s a bad way and a terrible way to deal with conflict. It seems that in 1 Kings 21…
On The Same Page
I almost talked myself out of the job. Luke 11:14-28 Reference: Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. (Luke 11:17 NIV) Explore: When I went for a job interview 12 months ago I almost talked myself out of…
RSVP
Some organisers don’t even bother asking invited guests to respond. 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 Reference: The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed them. (2 Chronicles 30:10 NIV) Explore: Did you know that some people don’t bother putting RSVPs on their invitations any more?…