by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
One of our mistakes as Christians is to believe that we, you and I, are in control and that we should have the ultimate decision as to who we are, what we do, where we live, and how we live. Not really what James 4.13-15 says however. And now I have a word for you...
by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
Whatever you do work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23 24 We are all called to serve, and the church is...
by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
The habit of ministering to people for healing. Are we praying for people to be healed regularly? Should we? Why don’t we do it? 1. We don’t feel like it. This suggests we have anything other than obedience to put into the equation. It is God who heals. 2. We aren’t...
by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
Achievement reinforces self-worth As we have already seen, whether we are successful or not can make a difference to how we feel in any circumstance. There is also a cumulative effect to achievement. a. The achievement web – Each success or failure adds to a...
by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
Achievement regulates self-worth If ‘we are what we achieve’, we only feel we are a good person when we have done something sufficiently well. This is not the same as feeling satisfied we have done a good job, in fact some people can never feel this. a. Flying upwards...
by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
Temptation Without doubt, the mind is the premier battlefield for Christians today. It would be easy to go over the top in considering the degree of temptation we face on a daily basis, but we are far more likely to under-estimate the degree to which we are bombarded...
