It is always encouraging to hear when believers trust the holy Spirit to direct them in day to day life away from compromise and the pressures of people. This response from Lawrence in Ireland is such an encouragement. [I’ve added the sub-titles]
READ…PRAY…DIGEST…LIVE
“Can’t believe it’s taken me almost a month to read John. I was flying through the chapters the first couple of days but soon realised it wasn’t that type of book. I love the way the chapters are short and punchy because it’s easy to pick up, put down and mull over for the rest of the day. In that way, it felt a bit like a daily devotional.
HEART CONNECTIONS
Where we live and how we live we’ve struggled to make natural connections with people in our local community. At work we find that conversation about Jesus occurs naturally enough but in our local community not so much. That being said, since living in our rural area we’ve intentionally tried to link in with a couple of structured churches. The initial welcome and connections are lovely, but they quickly dry up when we don’t commit to regular engagement.
REJECTING RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCE
We’ve initiated a couple of mealtime fellowship get togethers but whilst it appears everyone enjoys these and finds them intimate and encouraging, they fade away as the “obligation” to reach the lost steers towards more public events and venues. I’m currently trying to gently and delicately pull away from this whilst hoping to maintain the connection with a lovely missionary couple who feel passionately about setting up a church in our local town.
Your book has reaffirmed some of my own convictions and encouraged me to seek the reality of Jesus in our everyday life rather than compromise again for “activities” for Jesus.
Thanks for writing it and for contacting me directly. I’ve ordered a couple more for mum and dad. ”
CONVERSATIONS…observations, experiences and questions while on the Jesus way is available on Amazon UK . HERE and the US HERE