To follow Jesus: Do not seek your comfort, seek the kingdom of God
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Above and Beyond
Above and beyond what? Holy Trinity Huddersfield, Sunday 2 April 2017 I don't know how to blog this, as it was a very internal thing. What follows is more or less my first draft. I was aiming for it to be more upbeat. It was delivered in a worship service and worship was what it …
What if?
Don't worry about a thing “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither …
Gotta serve somebody
Treasure in Heaven Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart …
Thomas? That’s doubtful
St Swithin's Walcot, Bath Sunday 26 March 2017 Not the UK usual blog for a Sunday in Lent as Linda and I were in Bristol and Bath for a long weekend. We visited the church where our Vicar in Huddersfield used to be Curate. The sermon here was about the disciple Thomas, someone who is …
Give, Fast, Pray (Haiku)
Give, pray, fast. Begin From your secret place. All for the glory of God.
What is Fasting?
What is Fasting? And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,that your fasting may not be seen by …
Eloquent prayer
Eloquent prayer. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut …
Giving to the needy
Giving to the Needy “Beware of practising your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the …
Revenge again (Haiku)
Revenge tastes so sweet, But that's not God' way. He said "Love your enemies."
Making an ass of myself 