Can't Somebody ELSE Do It???

Hello everybody!

I'm sure you may be wondering what I referred to when I spoke a couple of incidents I've had this past couple of weeks, but I'm not going to talk about them here.

So far, we've been tracing a line from Creation through unbelief, passing intimidation along the way and this time I want to look at having an attitude of deference (ED - not to be confused with difference, by the way!).

It can be easy at times to be intimidated by something that is asked of you, especially when what is asked of you actually seems insurmountable!

60 Seconds of Faith - Episode #0034

Hi everyone!

I'm going to keep this nice and quick because I'm in a lot of pain right now, something akin to a side effect of my fall a couple of weeks ago.

Here's the latest episode of my devotional broadcast; "60 Seconds of Faith": -

Leaving a Storm Behind

What a refreshing change; to find yourself actually not feeling as though you are in the midst of a personal storm of torrential magnitude that you actually can start to plan your escape route out of it!

I'm talking here, of course, about my ongoing battle with depression that keeps trying to return and, as I once said to my friend, use my circumstances as leverage over me.

But like I said yesterday, it's a simple matter of my focus that needs to be challenged every once in a while to remind me that there are people out there who need my help...

The Harder I Get Knocked Back II: The Greater Bounce Back

I was expecting to be posting this later on this week, but I just feel that hitting a purple patch in terms of posting, this needs to go up now.

I've already spoken in the past about having that greater bounce back than your current circumstances expect you to have and I am finding it more and more apparent that I need to keep moving forward, to put aside the rejection that I've been holding onto since a certain person said what she said to me, and to keep heading forward.

If it's meant to be, it will be! ;-)

There are people out there that need me and whose needs are, arguably, greater than mine...

The Harder I Get Knocked Back I: Chasing a Dream

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all having a wonderful start to another week?

I know I am after yesterday's truly awesome service at !Audacious and it's all thanks to a little something I like to call 'no matter how hard you knock me back, the stronger I will BOUNCE back'!

Now, however you read that, all I am simply stating is that I am still in quite a state of shock over how liberated my worship was yesterday as I thought "man, the hell with this, I'm sick of being held back by this silly little crush" and went down to the front as we signed off the meeting with one final praise song.

I never expected me to pull off some of the moves in the praise pit that I was doing!

You know what?

Afterwards, I knew something had happened, I just knew it; I had reached a greater level that day...

...Then I Would Not Go Forward

Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword...?" Numbers 14:3 (NIV)

Well, I certainly got a lot off my chest didn't I yesterday!

It's been something that I have really, really wanted to post because of how I've struggled these past few weeks to deal with my own personal feelings of inadequacy and intimidation when I'm around a certain person.

I've already admitted to you that I'm confessing my weakness in writing about this on my blog but do you know what? I don't care!

If Only I Could Go Back...

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert! Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword...?" Numbers 14:2 (NIV)

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's devotional to go with my "60 Seconds of Faith" episode! 

I've just tried to write this twice and had to redo it because it just wasn't saying what I need to say right now, which is a lot because of what I'm going through.

This week, I'm looking at the power of saying "if only..." when it comes to what we're faced with on a day to day basis...

60 Seconds of Faith - Episode #0033

Man... this has been one epic struggle this past couple of weeks!

I'll tell you why in this weekend's devotional because I've got a lot to say this week, a looot...

In the meantime, enjoy my latest broadcast: -

60 Seconds of Faith Postponed

Alright folks!

Listen, I'll get right to the point and say that after a trip to A+E today (ED - don't worry, he's fine now!), there will be no "60 Seconds of Faith" this Friday.

I'll still try to post where I can as my 7 Days of Praise continues, but I need to rest up!

Peace out!

TLP

Seven Days of Praise - My Coping Mechanism

Wow!

How am I supposed to recover from this new level of vulnerability that I have shared in the past few posts?

All that I am trying to do is to show a renewed level of accountability in what I am going through as I bid to share with you the things that are going through my head as I face my every day challenges...

From Unbelief to Intimidation

But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." Numbers 13:31

I'm just writing these thoughts on Thursday night, even though this won't make it live until weekend, whilst listening to my all time favourite classical composer; André Rieu conducting his Johann Strauss Orchestra.

This week and for the next however many weeks that it takes for the point to stick, I'm going to be looking at an issue that is very close to my heart and one that I'm personally living through every single day; intimidation and how damaging it can be if we let it...

60 Seconds of Faith - Episode #0032

Hello everyone and welcome to the thirty second episode of "60 Seconds of Faith"!

I hope you've been enjoying my prelude to this brand new series of postings looking at what happens when one gets intimidated by the task that's been set before them!

From Unbelief to Intimidation - The Prelude

IMPORTANT: After some serious consideration and thoughtful prayer, I have since redacted some information that should not have made it into recent posts.

I think I was starting to get a little too ahead of myself in recent posts because it is not my place to comment in exactly the way I did.

It is not my plan at work, but God's!

It's just that everything's got a little too real for me right now and yes, I have buckled under the self-inflicted pressure and decided to delete the information that I placed out there in the public domain.

Let me be more careful what I share in future.

Still, what I have left in is quite a bold step, isn't it? Saying that God has picked out a partner for me, and it's a journey that I have been on for the past, well, ever!

Unbelief: A Believer's Nightmare Part III: Contract or Convex

Hello everyone!

Even if I am starting this post as early as Wednesday just before I watch "Lincoln" on Film4, it won't make it up until weekend, so I hope things are going okay for everyone!

I made quite the confession last time, didn't I?

Was it bold or was it stupid? I don't know, only time will tell, I suppose...

60 Seconds of Faith - Episode #0031

Hello everyone and welcome to another "60 Seconds of Faith"!

Enjoy...