Beware. The power of the story to get people to think should not be underestimated. While the rave reviews come in for that story and it gets mass appeal what slides through is a message that should concern people as to what it means to be human. It should concern them, but it won’t as […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Beware The Power of The StoryThere’s this concept in performance where there’s a drive to get the focus on you and be popular to the audience. They call this going “over”. When it comes to Kingdom living, gifts are dispersed not to get yourself over, but to serve others to get Jesus over. The spotlight points to One who spent […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Getting OverFirst it was my parents. Who are they? When will they look after me? Then it was my sister. Why is she like that? Then it was my brother. Why is he like that? The worst thing happened when I started to be fascinated with myself. Why am I like this? Who am I? Things […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The First StudyThe length of time is not the indicator of maturity or a greater degree of intimacy. The indicator is the sensitivity to see what is needed in the present where the bigger goal is concerned. And that sensitivity to see where adjustments are needed to progress towards the goal. That sensitivity and those adjustments highlight […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Recalibrate“It’s nothing personal, it’s just business.” Those distinctions help some to have a different mentality to work than everything else in life. When it comes to Kingdom business, though, those separations don’t work. God’s business is about the whole of life and takes in all of life. Making those distinctions – hiding behind a “professional” […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: It’s Everything PersonalThere are few things in life more fulfilling and energising than discovering what God put you on this earth to do. Jesus lived and served to fulfil what God put Him on the earth to do. He realised He was sent, He knew the assignment and brought glory to God by fulfilling that. This is […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: DiscoverRecognise that He calls us. What He calls us for is good enough for Him and He expects it to be good enough for us. If it appears daunting, slightly intimidating and the sense that it will take much more than you already have, that’s a good sign that it will not depend on your […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Call Is AllIt is a thing of beauty to see the right person in the right place doing the right thing and getting the right results. What makes it so beautiful is not so much about the right person having certain qualifications. It’s that they have the character and the skill to deliver what is required especially […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Right PersonWhatever is said and done is done from a desire to please the Father. The dependence in the relationship means that every act is considered in the light of that. That means even if you’re grouchy, something has to be done to address the grouch and acts and words cannot flow from the grouch. That […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Overcoming the GrouchYou have done well. You’ve worked with the ability God gave you. You have not trusted your instincts to do your own thing – you’ve put full confidence in God to lead however unconventional or unorthodox. As this is all the work of God through you, though, you remember that He gives you rest. He […]
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