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Category Archives: self worth
The One About Labels
Whilst I was helping to run a prayer space recently I was given these three stickers. It started with someone giving me the one that says Graeme and this was closely followed by my daughter giving me the crazy man … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, Everyone is valuable, Faith, Life experiences, Loving one another, self worth, Treat one another the way you want to be treated
Tagged building one another up, building up or tearing down, don't label people, encourage, encourage one another, encouragement, everyone is valuable, label jars not people, life experiences, love one another, one anothering, our value comes from God and not what we do, tell someone what they mean to you, treat one another well, who can you encourage?, words hurt, you are valuable
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The One About the Ransom Note
I am working on a ransom note and this is as far as I have got: ‘Dear Eastern Baptist Association, I have your directories and if you want to see them again you need to …’ How should I end … Continue reading
Posted in Everyone is valuable, Faith, Life experiences, Saved by Jesus, self worth
Tagged everyone is valuable, God thinks you are worth saving, Jesus gave his life as a ransom for many, made in God's image, made in the image of God, Mark 10 45, our value comes from God and not what we do, self worth, you are valuable
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She was so important but we don’t know her name
On one occasion when Jesus showed that he values people who society thinks are worthless, the gospel writers recorded what happened but they didn’t include the name of the woman involved. Whilst it may be that the names weren’t available to … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, everyone is valuable, follow Jesus, God loves us, isaiah 43, Jairus daughter, Jesus love is very wonderful, mark 5 21-43, people are more important than projects, self worth, touch the hem of his garment, what is a disciple, woman with issue of blood, you are valuable
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A fun day stall that reminded people they were special and valuable
This was our church stall at a recent community fun day. Our aim was for people to have a good time but we also wanted to remind them that they were special and valuable. There is so much in life that … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, creative communication, Faith, Life experiences, self worth
Tagged church fun day stall, communicating God loves you through activities, communicating the good news in creative ways, creative communication, creative prayer, everyone is valuable, God loves us, learning through fun, loved by God, self worth, you are unique, you are valuable
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I’ve changed and I’m not going back
I’ve had a really busy few weeks. You know, the sort where you need at least 30 hours in a day to get everything done that needs doing. What has dawned on me amongst all of this busyness is that I am … Continue reading
Posted in change, Faith, God loves us, Life experiences, rest, self worth
Tagged being busy doesn't make me more important, busy, getting out of the rat race, making time for what is important, our value comes from God and not what we do, over busy, rat race, running the race, working from a place of rest
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You need to realise how good you are
Today is a special day in our house. It is my youngest daughter’s birthday and she has asked for a geocaching themed birthday. Yesterday we went geocaching and we found 18 between us and today we are going to have … Continue reading
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Tagged body of Christ, don't let your circumstances define you, encouragement, geocache, geocaching, geocaching cake, gifted, i am amazing, Karis Thomas, one body many parts, Philippa Hannah, talented, The voice, who can you encourage?, you are amazing, you are my beloved son well pleased, you need to realize how good you are
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It’s not just a lump of wood!
This is a picture of a lump of wood. I know this isn’t the most exciting blog introduction you will ever read but bear with me. We have recently started geocaching (a kind of treasure hunt using gps). We were … Continue reading
Nothing happened?
‘On this site Sept 5, 1782 nothing happened’. A friend of mine found this written on a plaque in Berkeley Square in London. I did a quick Google search to try to find out the story behind the sign and it … Continue reading
The one with the home made elephant
My daughter amazed me recently. She asked for some card which I gave her, she came back and asked for some glue and stickers and what you see in the picture is the finished result. She is only 5 and … Continue reading
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