Bread of Life

A few years ago there was an advert on TV about a guy who was looking to get advice on how to invest his money.
In the advert, he spoke to his dentist, his running partner and his friends at the club. All of whom had little or no formal experience to give him, but were more than willing to give their opinions none the less.
The upshot of the thing was to speak to those who know, not those who think they know.


It's amazing, when you think about it, that we often go through life trying to satisfy our hunger for knowledge, assurance or purpose, by watching TV, speaking to our friends(who often know as much as we do) or simply going along with the most popular trend of the time.

Jesus (John 6: 25-29)offers us a way to receive the answer to all our questions.
The food that endures is to know and believe that He is the bread of life. A food that does not spoil but endures to eternal life.

Are you feeding on the bread of life?

Jesus is inviting you right now.

Feed on Him and your hunger will be satisfied.

If you want to know Jesus and to receive Him, go the Tell Me About Jesus link and pray with us.

The Cult of Personality

One of the criticisms that the ANC breakaway party has of the ANC is that it has become involved in a 'cult of personality'. In other words they believe that Jacob Zuma has become more important, as a personality, than the principles of the ANC. The African philosophy of Ubuntu says that people should be committed first to the community and that individuals should not take centre stage.

Bill Hybels and Greg Hawkins, pastors at Willowcreek Community Church in the USA, have been promoting a process that they carried out in their church. They wondered whether people were growing in Christ in their church. They wondered whether Jesus was at the centre of their church members' lives. They found that many people were willing to say that they followed Jesus, but had not reached a point of being able to say that he was central to their lives.

We can follow many things - people - like politicians or evangelists, ideals, or interests. But we can only have one centre to our lives and we need to choose that carefully.

Look at this picture:

Where would you say you are in the picture? Where would you like to be?

Mature Christians

Here's a question:

What does a mature Christian look like?


Think about it for a moment!


Perhaps you are saying someone like:

- A person who serves the Lord diligently
- A person with a teachable spirit
- Myself, or so and so

Hebrews 5:14 teaches that mature Christians are "those who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish between good and evil."

In other words, those who understand that God is good and His creation is good but there are forces that seek to destroy that which is good.
Sometimes it is Satan who instigates evil within people and sometimes it is the evil in people which causes them to sin.

Mature Christians are those then that are able to distinguish the difference.

If you are unsure about your understanding of good and evil, talk to a mature Christan or e-mail me john@johnbailie.co.za