Who is to Blame? The following statements seem unreal and yet this is what people have stated on insurance accident claims forms. ”I left for work this morning at 7am as usual when I collided straight into a bus. The bus was 5 minutes early.” (Clearly the bus’s fault!) ”I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk.” (How could he have known?) ”The accident happened because I had one eye on the truck in front, one eye on the pedestrian, and the other on the car behind.” (Clearly God’s fault – more eyes needed!) ”No one was to blame for the accident but it would never have happened if the other driver had been alert.” We live in a culture of blame instead of personal responsibility. The Bible is different in that it very much supports personal responsibility for the choices and decisions we make. Eleanor Roosevelt said, “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words. It is expressed in the choices

1 Cor 11(GNB) and Matthew 5:21-26 The Corinthian church was operating in gifts but didn't get it. We should not only preach the gospel we believe but we should live it.  We need to be in subjection to Christ;  not in subjection to man.  The question is:  Who do I want to please? Come together and do not have divisions. The Lords supper is a time we focus on the price he paid. The Lords supper was to bring people together, not cause division.  We are not to look down on any other, I have no right.  It is not my business to judge them, that's Gods business, we are called to pray for them. Any form or thing that causes disunity amognst Gods people is very serious. The outward signs of the Lord's Supper are Christ's body and blood. (Bread and Wine) The benefits you have are from the death of Gods Son.  We are commanded to forgive one another, but we must also stop the behaviour that causes the arguments or division. The Holy Spirit never causes scripture to dete

Nehemiah chapter 4 verses 1 -7                 Nehemiah's   faith in God and his love for his people is impressive -- and this, in spite of hardship and opposition. Opposition from outside and discouragement from inside, yet the task of rebuilding the wall was complete in only fifty-two days.       There are some great lessons for us to learn from chapter four, beginning in the first three verses:       Here is this man, Sanballat, who heard about this band of Jews rebuilding the walls and he was angry. He ridiculed the Jews. He spoke to his associates and the army of Samaria, no doubt with a tone of ridicule and sarcasm: "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble...?"  Tobiah agreed: "What they are building - if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones." Let's learn this: I

Why is it important to be an overcomer? Either you set the pace or others will set your pace. We can love each other but we also have to like each other.  You can’t be married to someone and say you love them and not like them.  Once the romance wears off, and real, everyday life sets in, you make a choice daily to like and love the person you chose to be married to. Perfect love casts out fear.  Nehemiah had to step out and pick up God’s love.  This didn’t take away the circumstances or difficulties, but God’s love helped Nehemiah overcome the fear he had. How do we tell who is a born-again Christian?  See the Book of Acts.  Christians have love one for another. The lifestyle choices we choose determines how we live.  Whom we choose to serve will impact our lives - either fear or faith. If we sow envy, bitterness, strife, fear we will reap this.  If we sow mercy, patience, peace and love we will reap this.  What we sow, determines what we will reap in our lives. A lot