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Category Archives: Blessed to be a blessing
It’s Your Superpower too!
He spoke to me in a moment that I wasn’t feeling my best. I had a lot on my mind and I was feeling weighed down but he didn’t know that. He said ‘I’m glad you are going to be … Continue reading
Sharing Some News With You
I wanted to let you all know that I have been called to become a Regional Minister in the Eastern Baptist Association. Sadly this means that I will be leaving Orchard Baptist Church in October in order to respond to … Continue reading
Time to Press Pause?
Today I am joining with others on a Ministers retreat day and I am really looking forward to it. I have to be honest though. I am not always good at making the time to press pause and to allow … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed to be a blessing, Faith, Following Jesus, Life experiences, Listening to God, Prayer, Relationship with God, rest, restoration
Tagged do we understand what prayer is?, find rest in God, making time for what is important, pause, quiet Day, retreat, sabbath, spiritual retreat, time to stop, what gives you rest, work from a place of rest, working from a place of rest, you are not a salmon
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How do we Measure Success?: People really are are more important than Statistics
The stats counter on this blog has just ticked past 100,000 hits and as a result of this and some other things I have been pondering what success is and how we measure it. 100,000 hits in three and a … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed to be a blessing, change, Faith, Learning, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, success
Tagged being open to change, blog anniversary, God is changing us, God transforms, let god change you, life experiences, measuringsuccess, success, what makes a successful blog
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Looking for God Moments
When we serve God and create our own definition of success, it can lead to us feeling we have failed when we should be celebrating the amazing things that God is doing! Last week, I spent a few days at … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, Blessed to be a blessing, Faith, Following Jesus, Learning, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, Not ashamed of Jesus
Tagged are we open to God's leading, being honest and open, Calming of the storm, celebrations, changed by an encounter with God, evangelism, God is at work, God is at work in our everyday lives, honest about our faith, life experiences, pause, peace be still, sharing God's love, telling our story
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She Came Last but the Crowd Cheered Loudly
I had never been to a school sports day like it. The largest cheer of the day was for someone who came last in what was the slowest time of the day by a very long way. My daughter attends … Continue reading
Why was I annoyed? It isn’t My Woodland!
My family and I went to Hanningfield Reservoir yesterday for a quiet day out but it turned out though that it was the Hanningfield Triathlon and so our walk was far from peaceful! For the first part of our walk, … Continue reading
To Do or just to Speak, that is the Question!
It feels to me like there has been an increase in the ‘show your support by pasting this’ type of Facebook posts recently. The idea is that is you either share or copy and paste the status in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed to be a blessing, depression, discipleship, Everyone is valuable, Faith, Life experiences, Loving one another, restoration, Treat one another the way you want to be treated
Tagged actions speak louder than words, being aware of people's needs, faith without deeds is dead, help me, helping others can be simple, helping people in need, James 2, love one another, love one another as I have loved you, social action, treat other people the way you want to be treated
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Flowers for Mothers Day: Creative ideas on the theme of Nurture and Encouragement
Mothers day services can be difficult. Many people in church will want to celebrate mothers and family life but many who are there will also find it a painful day. At Orchard Baptist we try to celebrate mothers day whist at … Continue reading
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