tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55206898804901630432024-10-24T09:07:28.978+01:00My thoughts, feelings and ideas as I work through the Bible and build my life on God's foundations.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670406237176168952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520689880490163043.post-77472988480777862112013-02-16T01:41:00.001+00:002013-02-16T01:47:53.171+00:00<div><p dir=ltr>I have recently been reading a great book by a guy called Carl Medearis called Speaking of Jesus. I absolutely loved the book and thought it made some excellent points about how as Christians we evangelise. Carl writes about how so often we get too wrapped up in being 'Christian' and being a Church that we forget about Jesus. We forget to tell people about the <i>good</i> part of the <i>good</i> news.</p> <p dir=ltr>I was thinking about this and came to the conclusion that in order to be able to tell people more about Jesus I need to know him better, I need to learn more about what he did here on earth and try to grasp something of His infinite wisdom. </p> <p dir=ltr>I began where you would expect me to in the Gospels but found that although I was really enjoying it, and finding it even more gripping than any of the novels I have read recently, I wasn't really taking the time to get to know the story better. I was speeding through the Gospels on after the other without stopping to think about the meaning or take in the importance and enormity of the things I was reading.</p> <p dir=ltr>So I have come up with a plan of action, I have found myself a reading plan to take me through the Gospels chronologically. Now I am putting no time frame on this as I want to give each verse, story and parable the time it deserves. I don't know where we will end up as every time I set out to learn more about Jesus and let Him further into my life He turns around and surprises me but I am excited to find out. More than that I am looking forward to realising just how much more there is to learn about my Saviour and setting out on the next stage of this wild walk with Him.</p> </div>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670406237176168952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5520689880490163043.post-60771960858566340922013-02-15T22:13:00.000+00:002013-02-15T22:13:49.880+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Hi there, welcome to my humble blog.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> This blog was first launched under another name, <a href="http://samsbigbibleblog.blogspot.co.uk/">Sam's Big Bible Blog</a>. For various reasons that blog ended up being too much to maintain and it fell by the wayside. Recently though things have changed and I have been trying for to work out how to re-launch the blog I once loved so much. Having been recently asked to start a devotional diary and having done this blog thing before I know this is a way that I will be able to keep positive about, also having a following (however small) will hold me accountable and should help me keep posting regularly.<br /> <br /> I came to the decision that too much has changed and too much time has passed to just pick up where I left off in the old feed and decided it was time for me to come out into the open and start this thing we call blogging again.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I hope to welcome back old followers from Sam's Bible blog, you all know me and although I am now using my real name nothing important has changed. I am still an avid, young and at times&nbsp;naive&nbsp;Christian trying to follow the path to becoming a minister however hard and rocky it may be.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> To anyone new I am so glad to see you, feel free to look at the old blog and read through it, I hope it will give some insight to who I am. I hope we can come to know each other in the future.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> So I think that is everything for now, I'm looking forward to talking to you all soon.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Jon.</div> </div> Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05670406237176168952noreply@blogger.com0