(August 14, 2024) Richard Winter encourages casting in deep waters…
Luke 5:1-11 tells of Peter and friends being out all-night fishing and catching nothing — seems like a classic waste of time, a failure.
It certainly must have been a disappointment to Peter as he was a professional fisherman… good boat, best nets, knew where to fish.
But even pros can strike out sometimes. And this one was going to learn that failure isn’t final!
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(May 15, 2024) Wayne Swift again calls it as it is, sharing some thoughts about those united first Christians who excelled in obeying a particular command of Jesus, and witnessed the birth of the church!
To excel in something, even a leisure pursuit – golfing, surfing, fishing – you have to follow a certain process.
Now when it comes to living as Christians – including whatever God wants us to be involved in – we are often quick to think that we can ‘produce the goods’ simply by wishing or hoping. And there are many times when we think all our dreams will come true without any effort or change on our part.
Our goal as Christians is pretty clear – to win people to Christ. But it takes prayer, time, involvement… and that’s the process before the event.
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