Are you feeling the heat? Are you in tough situations where it just seems to be getting worse, despite your best efforts and desperate prayers? Are you fed up of being in such a state? In two conversations recently, the subject of patience came up. I was reminded of the difficult verses in James 1,…
Sometimes it is really helpful to think carefully about one phrase. This one has gripped me in the last few days, because you can place the inflection and punctuation in a number of ways. Firstly, I am reminded of the centurion whose servant was terminally ill. On approaching Jesus for help, he asked Jesus simply…