When Paul tried to share his new faith with his old friends, 'They opposed him.' (Acts 18:6 NKJV) It hurts to be rejected by those you love. It seems like Paul was so hurt by their rejection that God had to encourage him, saying, 'Do

The wilderness is a place where growth is difficult, water is scarce, and you plod on when there's no end in sight. You can have a wilderness experience anywhere: at a graveside, at the Job Centre, or in a divorce court. In the

John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, travelled 400,000 km on horseback, averaging 32 km a day for 40 years. He preached 40,000 sermons, produced 400 books, and knew ten languages. At 83, he was annoyed that he

They took God's Word seriously. 'They spent their time learning the apostles' teaching...' (Acts 2:42 NCV) Researchers tell us that, today, personal Bible reading is less common among Christians than prayer. Instead of a Word from

They took prayer seriously. The New Testament church was conceived in the womb of prayer. After ten days of united prayer in the upper room, 'Everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit...' (Acts 2:4 NLT) What

Getting Serious about God (2)

They took fellowship seriously. We are more than a common-interest-based social club. We're a family: birth-children of our heavenly Father, blood relatives. The cross made it so. '...We have

It's estimated there are over half a billion practising Christians in the world. But the church wouldn't even exist today if it hadn't been for a small group of disciples who were sold on Christ. The things of God were

A mathematics teacher, who agreed to babysit while her friend went shopping, left her this note: 'Dried tears 11 times...tied shoelaces 15 times...blew up balloons, five per child... warned children not to cross the street 26