A promise
The techniques of Time Management I am going to share with you give you a water-tight system. There is no reason for you ever to miss an appointment or activity that is important to you again! Can that be true? Yes! But first, it is important to have an understanding of time.
Types of Time
Broadly, there [...]
Pursuing Goals
What are your goals in life? Over the next ten years? Five years? This year? Are you intentional about planning steps to fulfill these goals?
If you are going to use time effectively – to help you do so is the purpose of this series – it is important to have some sense of direction [...]
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What does God think?
Before we discuss specifics about Time Management I want to take just one posting to consider briefly what God’s view of time is.
In Ps 90 the psalmist tells us to ‘number our days’ (v12) having already told us in verse 10 that ‘the years of our life are seventy, or even by [...]
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Do you feel in control of your time? I think I can help you!
25 years ago I recognised that I was very inefficient at managing my time despite the fact I had been heading up a research team in Rehabilitation Engineering for 15 years. I had never heard the expression ‘Time Management’ and started to [...]
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I have been writing this blog for about 6 months and am aware of a growing following, so some may have missed the early material. To help you find that material it seems appropriate at the turn of the year to Index these 6 months. Clicking on the Topic will take you to the first [...]
I am taking a break from my blog over Christmas in order to focus on celebrating with my family. However, in wishing you a very happy Christmas I would like to share with you some photos of stars I discovered on the Hubble Telescope site. Since stars feature in the Christmas story it seems appropriate [...]
I have two friends who are part of Harvest of Grace Church in Mumbai, India. For several years they have given themselves selflessly to caring for those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS among the poor and destitute of Mumbai. (Their personal story comes at the end of this posting.) On receiving a report [...]
Continue reading about Ministry Report 2 – HIV/AIDS in the Mumbai slums
1 Tim 3:8-13 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. (9) They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. (10) And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. (11) Their wives [...]
1Tim 3:4-7 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, (5) for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? (6) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into [...]
1Ti 3:2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (v3) not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
In our quest to understand the character qualifications of a deacon we continue to examine those laid down for [...]
