Just for a change today, I’m going to throw some words at you and I want you to note down the first word that comes into your mind when you read each word. Here goes… 1. Microsoft 2. Television 3. Documentation 4. Meeting 5. Nationality 6. Drink 7. Church 8. Supermarket 9. Pet 10. Illness 11. [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Word Association #3
Posted: January 21, 2012 in computing, Health, life, news, religion, Salvation Army, Scotland, Shopping, television, wordsTags: answers, Crossword, Games, Microsoft, mind, Salvation Army, tigger, Word Association
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Wait Patiently
Posted: January 20, 2012 in bible, life, music, religionTags: God, LinkedIn, love, Mexico, patience, peace, Psalm, Religion & Spirituality, Take That, Virtue, wait, waiting
Firstly, here’s two definitions of patience: Patience is the ability and willingness to wait a long time or to carry out a task that takes a long time, especially one that is by itself not heavy, but boring. It also means not easily getting angry or not showing anger in situations of human communication where [...]
Passionate Patience
Posted: January 19, 2012 in bible, family, friendship, Health, heart, life, love, music, religionTags: Christianity, Denominations, difficult, God, Jesus, Lord, matt redman, patience, prayer, Religion & Spirituality, Romans, trouble
Romans 5:3-4 (The Message) There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. It can [...]
Patience During Tough Times
Posted: January 18, 2012 in bible, friendship, life, love, music, religion, workTags: Christ, Christianity, David Phelps, Evangelism, God, Jesus, patience, Peter, Religion & Spirituality
It can be tough when you’re struggling to cope with what life is throwing your way, people you have to work with or things in general just don’t seem to be going your way. However it’s during times of difficulty that your true faith in God will shine through… 1 Peter 2:20 (The Message) You [...]
Embrace Challenges With Patience
Posted: January 17, 2012 in bible, friendship, life, love, music, religionTags: bible, Christian, Christianity, Evangelism, faith, God, James, Jesus, Keith Getty, kristyn getty, patience, Religion and Spirituality
When challenges have come your way, have you ever considered them to be gifts? I certainly haven’t! In fact I’d go as far as saying I’ve always considered them to be obstacles or burdens. So why am I now saying we should be embracing our challenges? Well in James 1:2-4 (The Message) we read the following: [...]
Pray For Patience
Posted: January 16, 2012 in children, family, friendship, life, pray, prayer, religionTags: Card game, Christianity, God, helen steiner rice, Jesus, patience, patient, prayer, Religion & Spirituality
I’ve often wondered whether patience is something you’re either born with, or have no chance of ever having. What do you think? Can you learn to be patient or is it simply something you have or don’t have? Do we even really understand what patience is? Here’s the dictionary definition of patience: tolerant and even-tempered [...]
Make Us Holy
Posted: January 15, 2012 in bible, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religionTags: Branhamism, Christian, First Epistle to the Thessalonians, God, hillsong, holy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, Sacred
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (The Message) May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it! Last week [...]
Week #1 of Work 2012
Posted: January 14, 2012 in Alloa, children, family, friendship, Health, life, love, news, Stirling, workTags: Alloa, appraisal, Christmas, funeral, Health, hogmanay, new year, personal review, review, Sleep Disorders, Stirling, Wednesday, yearly review
Well that was a long week! Maybe it was just because it was my first week at work since before Christmas, but that seemed an exceptionally long working week…and that’s with me being off on Wednesday as well! Monday My week didn’t start well as despite going to bed at a reasonable time on Sunday [...]
Be Cheerful, Always!
Posted: January 12, 2012 in bible, blogging, family, friendship, life, love, music, prayer, religionTags: Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, First Epistle to the Thessalonians, God, Jesus, Matter, Religion & Spirituality, The Way (The Illustrated Edition of the Living Bible)
Today I’m continuing to looking at how, as Christians, we should live our lives. Once again using words from the bible for guidance. The text for today is from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (The Message): Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong [...]
