There’s a lot of fear in our world at the moment. In fact, I think 2020 has to be one of the most fear-provoking years I’ve ever known, as much of our world has been in lockdown and people have been prevented from socialising with one another. Even now that we are allowed to meet up in small groups, some people are understandably still fearful.
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Month: August 2020
Can People Tell You’ve Been With Jesus?
In Acts chapter 4, we find Peter and John being brought before the Jewish Sanhedrin because their teaching isn’t meeting their so-called high standards. This follows close after the healing of the lame man at the temple gate called Beautiful. That man had been begging there for many years, so was well known to those going in and out of the temple, and his healing drew a crowd, especially when he started walking, jumping, and praising God. Verse 10 of Acts 3 says the people were filled with wonder and amazement. They obviously had questions, and Peter and John were more than glad to answer.
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Stones Of Remembrance.
As the Israelites stood on the banks of the Jordan river on the verge of entering into the promised land, they must have wondered how they were going to get across. The Bible tells us the Jordan was at flood stage, so it would have been flowing pretty rapidly. (Joshua 3: 15). About 40 years earlier, the previous generation had stood on the bank of the Red Sea and seen the miraculous hand of God as he made a dry path through its centre, allowing his people to walk through, but killing their Egyptian enemies as the waters tumbled back down and drowned them.
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Socially Distant, But Closer Than Ever
Social distancing seems to be a new phrase that’s entered our vocabulary since the onset of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. We’re told to keep 2 metres between ourselves and anyone outside our households where possible. As I write this in early July, people in the UK are finally able to visit friends at home, but we’re still urged to keep our distance.
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