Tag Archives: worship god and serve him only

Do we relate to Jesus primarily as his Mates or his Minions?

Posted on April 28, 2017 by honestaboutmyfaith

Do we relate to Jesus primarily as his Mates or his Minions? To put it another way, do you mainly approach Jesus as his friend or as his servant? Jesus chose disciples ‘that they might be with him and that he … Continue reading →

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The One Where I Forgot Communion

Posted on September 6, 2016 by honestaboutmyfaith

I had been in my office finalizing the service and as I walked into the church a few minutes before the service started, Christine said to me ‘communion isn’t on the order of service’. I was just back at work after … Continue reading →

Posted in Being honest about our faith, discipleship, Faith, Following Jesus, God loves us, Life experiences, Saved by Jesus | Tagged C.T. Studd, communion, If jesus be God and died for me, Jesus be the centre, serve God, surrender to God, The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing, worship god and serve him only | Leave a comment

The BIG CAR that was really small

Posted on November 24, 2015 by honestaboutmyfaith

So, we decided to name our newest car Gloria after the Hippo from the film Madagascar. Gloria is a Grand Tourneo Connect and she is huge allowing plenty of space for our family and the baggage luggage that we bring with … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Following Jesus, Idolatry, Life experiences, Relationship with God, worship | Tagged car problems, God is greater than us, idolatry, investing in our relationship with God, relationship with God, seek first the kingdom of God, worship god and serve him only | Leave a comment

The One Where Someone Said ‘I hate this one’

Posted on October 1, 2015 by honestaboutmyfaith

So, I was at a harvest school assembly recently and the teacher announced the next song and I heard a voice (don’t worry it was a pupil not a teacher) saying ‘I hate this one’. The song was Autumn days … Continue reading →

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Staff worship or God worship?

Posted on November 27, 2014 by honestaboutmyfaith

I have a friend who works for a Christian organisation and yesterday she sent me a message with a link to a video that they had used in their ‘staff worship’. I struck me how odd the phrase ‘staff worship’ is, … Continue reading →