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Be content with your wages



In an age where everyone around us is constantly seeking more, it is difficult to follow the advice of John the Baptist and be content with our wages.



John’s advice to the soldiers is universal in its application. Being “content”: the word carries the idea of ...

“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant”. This double talk saying is seen in many offices and usually produces a smile since it is true that what we think we said and what people think about what we said are...

Brother Thomas wrote, “God manifestation not human salvation was the great purpose of the Eternal Spirit”. Unfortunately, today the subject is not discussed to the degree that it was one 100 years ago; and yet, it is the cornerstone of our understanding of the Deity. In this article we hope...

There are many scriptural examples illustrating the positive and negative aspects of words and the effect they can have on others. Genesis 1 is a classic example. Through the Word that God spoke, the world was built up from the lifeless chaos it was and a world full of life, order and meaning was c...

In John 17:4 our Lord included this statement in his prayer to his Father: “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” Part of this work in glorifying the Father was to evince from those he healed a recognition that God was behind the healing. Anot...

Every day of our lives we assess complexity and the need for the appropriate time and resources to complete some tasks. When you get out of bed you have already considered most of the expected tasks for that day.