Jul 15, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘Don’t jump the gun’. When someone acts before the proper or appropriate time. To act too soon when we’re not ready or before the time is right. ‘You’re jumping the gun!’ –‘ hang on a minute, not so fast, hold back, wait!’ The phrase is derived from athletics of...
Jul 5, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘My name is Nigel and I’m a follower of Jesus’. Even on first meeting, I’d love it if this introduction told someone all that they needed to know about me and my response towards them as a human being. Needless to say, it’s simply where I aspire to be – I remain a...
May 24, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
As I stepped down from giving a testimony one Sunday, Pam and Ken grabbed my hand and with wide eyes and an urgency to their voices they told me ‘whatever happens Alex, never lose your fire!’. With the nonchalance of a recently born believer I freed my hand and smiled...
May 20, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
If you ask a group of people how they respond to the two words ‘disciple’ and ‘learner’, you’ll note a marked difference in their responses. My generalised summary is ‘we like disciple, we don’t like learner’. I don’t know whether this will be good news or...
Apr 9, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘Come, follow me’ – the first words heard on the lips of Jesus in Mark’s gospel. They demand a response, they demand action, they demand change, they demand movement. If we stick at only listening to Jesus, we may develop an intellectual awareness of who...
Mar 12, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘Jesus only did what he saw his Father doing’ (John 5: 16-30). But how do we make his habits our own? We’ve got the sense that God is saying something to us – we’ve heard the words, and hopefully you’re getting in the habit of writing them down so they don’t get...
