This Philemon letter was quite interesting and I learned a lot. This letter consists of 25 verses and I can hardly believe that this is the 21st time that we’re discussing it. As usual, Paul concludes with a greeting and blesses us: 25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. [NIV] And […]
Read morePhilemon is a wonderful letter and Paul’s passion shines through. I learned a lot from him and the other characters in this letter. This last one looks at prayer. Paul believes that his prayers and those of Philemon will come true: 22And by the way, get a room ready for me. Because of your prayers, […]
Read moreHeike tells this precious story: I recycle my waste at home and conscientiously put it outside for collection every Wednesday. And every Wednesday it’s collected by a man who takes everything useful without having to scratch around too much. At the same time, he empties my bins and leave them neatly in front of the […]
Read morePaul is expecting Philemon to do something that is not normally done in their culture. In those times an owner wouldn’t usually take back a slave that had run away. Chances are that a slave that had run away once would do it again. Chances are that a slave that had stolen would take stuff […]
Read moreWhat a guy! Paul calls a spade a spade. He is writing this personal letter to his pal, Philemon, with one goal in mind: Philemon needs to take back his slave, Onesimus. Onesimus had messed up; he had stolen and run away. But now he has repented and must return home. Paul knew Philemon well. […]
Read moreMy son competed in a 10-kilometre swim in a dam near Worcester. For the first time I’m acting as feeder – that’s the person on the boat who leans far over the side and uses a long pole to hand the swimmer water, bananas or some kind of energy bar. As we came over the […]
Read moreShawn Michaels was WWE wrestling world champion. One of those guys that throw one another around and thousands of people freak out. He went all out in this sport and wanted to make it to the top at all cost. It went very well in the ring, but his personal life was chaotic. He didn’t […]
Read moreThrough the years one picks up wisdom along the way. A lot of it when you’re traveling the road of suffering. I’ve learnt that many things pass through seasons. My business had good seasons, but these were often followed by hard seasons. Relationships go through seasons when everything is going well and then seasons when […]
Read moreThe book, Philemon, is a personal letter that Paul wrote to Philemon while he (Paul) was in prison. The letter had one aim: Paul wanted to ask Philemon to take back his (Philemon’s) slave who had run away. But wait, let me not get ahead of myself. Paul is still busy with the run up […]
Read moreA friend shared this special WhatsApp message with me: Bruce Lee (not his real name): Pieta (not his real name), thank you for being in my life. I know we don’t talk often and see one another even less, but you are someone I really look up to. I hope that our paths will cross […]
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