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Who can I trust?

Search for Hope 20th August 2021 The Bible Today
Who can I trust?
I remember a friend, whose marriage had broken up, saying that although they could forgive their ex, they could no longer trust them.  It got me thinking about trust …
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Why I Like the Book of Jonah

Search for Hope 11th June 2021 Bible Characters
Why I Like the Book of Jonah
How often are you given a task you really don’t want to do? How do you deal with it? Wrong Way! Jonah dealt with it in a way I …
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Promises you can rely on

Kenneth 14th May 2021 The Bible Today
Promises you can rely on
In a changing world, are there any reliable promises? God made promises 4,000 years ago.  He promised a man, Abram, that his descendants would become a great nation.  That …
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The key to financial security?

Search for Hope 16th April 2021 The Bible Today
The key to financial security?
The Coronavirus pandemic has caused many people across the globe to worry about their financial future. Everyday worries – how do we pay for the essentials in life such …
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New and Improved?

Search for Hope 19th March 2021 The Bible Today
New and Improved?
‘New and Improved’ – how often have you seen that claim on products, only to struggle to tell the difference with the ‘old’?! We live in a world where …
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How not to lose it How do you react when someone How not to lose it How do you react when someone "loses it"? It might happen at home, school, work, in traffic… Do you feel powerless or do you shout back? Can you defuse the situation? Businesses and organisations invest a lot of resources training their staff in "conflict-resolution" so that they can put their energies into co-operating. The goal is to get the job done with less time and energy. Did you know that the Bible has free advice for situations like this? ​ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 (ESV) The Bible answer is to respond, but without giving the same anger back. It's not what we do by instinct. It takes practice, but it works. A soft answer changes the tone and encourages each to listen to the other. Could it be that we are the one who loses it? How about this advice: Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. Proverbs 16:32 (ESV) And if we fail to ‘get a grip’ we are told that in reality we are vulnerable to others. A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Proverbs 25:28 (ESV) So there you have it - good advice for practical living. One more reason for reading the Bible each day. #sfhscot #christadelphian #christadelphians #christianliving #softanswer #patience #proverbs #dealingwithanger #bible #bibleproverbs
"I remember a friend, whose marriage had broken up "I remember a friend, whose marriage had broken up, saying that although they could forgive their ex, they could no longer trust them. It got me thinking about trust and how it depends on truth." New blog post "Who can I trust" https://searchforhope.org/the-bible-today/who-can-i-trust/
Genesis 2:2-3 "By the seventh day God finished the Genesis 2:2-3 "By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation." In the story of creation, we read about God resting on the seventh day, after creation had been completed. Later He put the 'Sabbath' into the Old Testament law, a day for relaxing from work and for worshipping God. #worldrelaxationday #sabbath #sfhscot #christadelphians #dayofrest
"I've earned it, haven't I?" I put the hours in, "I've earned it, haven't I?" I put the hours in, jumped through hoops.  Met my targets for financial security. Or so I thought, and then the Pandemic hit.  Suddenly all my plans and projections were meaningless, replaced by worry and uncertainty  Furlough or redundancy? Will there be enough future work? Never mind the pension, can I afford to feed the family now?  What we have described above is the experience of many.  However during the peak of the pandemic, others found that there is more to life than a singular focus on financial security and so they were generous with their time, energy and money. Worry about the future isn't new. Neither is the reality that there is more to life than money. Jesus spoke of unemployed labourers, worried and anxious, waiting to be hired.  A landowner engaged some at a fair rate for the day.  During the day, he recruited more and said he'd pay "whatever is right".  Work finished, everyone was paid a full day's money.  Enough to feed a family.  A source of worry removed.  The early birds complained, thinking they'd get more.  The latecomers hadn't put a full day in. They hadn't "earned" it.  The landowner responded "Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.  Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?"  Matthew 20:14-15 Jesus later gave this advice: Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? ...drink? ...wear? .…...your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  Matthew 6:31-33 In the story, the generous landowner is like God.  He will give us what is right and what we need if we put Him first.   The prospect of His Kingdom has a security that no pension fund can match.  It is worth the investment of our time to find out more. #sfhscot #christadelphians #christian #moneyworries #pandemic #covid19 #kingdomofgod
"The Coronavirus pandemic has caused many people a "The Coronavirus pandemic has caused many people across the globe to worry about their financial future. Everyday worries – how do we pay for the essentials in life such as food, clothes and rent?"... These are excerpts from the new blog post on searchforhope.org, go take a read :)
What's a 'Permanent Contract'?  I used to believ What's a 'Permanent Contract'?  I used to believe that a contract was a lasting agreement. But now a contract is often not worth the paper it's written on. A business pricing contract counts for nothing if one party decides it no longer suits them A buyer for my property can pull out at the last minute because of an exception clause A job offer is made on the basis of a ‘Zero Hours contract’ Businesses bid for a construction contract at a low price, knowing they can overcharge for contract variations to increase their profit Wouldn’t it be good if people stuck by their agreements? Can we trust anyone to do that?   Yes! A contract or covenant was made over 3000 years ago between God and Abram. “...I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." Genesis 17:8 1000 years later, we find evidence that the covenant is still in place. God’s side of the agreement hasn't changed, even though some have had to suffer consequences of not keeping their part. "...I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all my heart and with all my soul."  Jeremiah 32:40,41   But does that contract still apply today? 3000 years ago, the land of Canaan was promised to the descendants of Abram. With Israel in that area today we have proof that the covenant is still in place. The end of the Bible tells of a future time, but the agreement still stands - God will still be their God.  "And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God." Revelation 21:3 So we can definitely trust God to stick by His agreements! Find out more from the Bible. #sfhscot #christadelphian #christianliving #covenant #contract #bible #god #godsplan
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