At the heart of the gifts of laughter song and dance, is relationship; connection, empathy, community, intimacy, fellowship, communion, friendship. (Given at GL Training)

At the heart of the gifts of laughter song and dance, is relationship; connection, empathy, community, intimacy, fellowship, communion, and friendship. (Taught at GL Training)

Heroes of the faith part 11. How expectation for Eternity shapes how we live today.

Stillness is about ceasing to strive, Let go, stop. Say that’s enough. and considering ourselves safe. We live in the smile of God. It is a practice that stops us taking ourselves so seriously.

How to overcome fear, lessons from the life of Moses

Anything worth doing will require pain and sacrifice. Hope in God produces a new kind of behaviour. Moses saw Him who is invisible, radical decisions always start with connection. Saw God’s vision of the future, and eternal reward, and burned the bridge to all other opportunities, indulgences and pleasure that would distract and take him off course.

Trust is about day by day reliance upon the nature of God. It isn’t just about trusting He has done something on our behalf. Trust is also future focussed. (Partial Recording)

Friends, servants and Slaves and the call to fulfil the Great Commission.

Noah built an Ark because he simply trusted God and took Him at His word.

In Christ, like Israel we too have left the country where we were in slavery. Captive and controlled by sin. Baptism is a picture our decisive end to living that sin miserable life. A picture of how we spiritually left the land where sin was sovereign.