man of peace

Mark, my words: the two were sent out to find a man of peace

there is a great principle of ministry that you can see glimpses of in the life of Jesus: Teacher does, pupils watch. Teacher does, pupils are involved and do it with Him. Pupils do and teacher watches. Pupils do by themselves and report back to teacher. Then later the pupils find their own pupils and the whole scenario begins again. In this passage in Mark 6.6-13 we see Jesus sending the disciples out to try [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-27T03:06:33+02:00February 27th, 2013|activities, bible things, God stuff, what i am reading|2 Comments

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 37 [part ii]

'Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.' [vs. 7] this brings to mind the more well known psalm 46.10 line of 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.' i use this verse a lot when writing welcome letters to people coming [...]

By brettfish|2012-07-11T07:27:14+02:00July 11th, 2012|activities, God stuff, psalms, what i am reading|2 Comments