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See the picture? It's a bright church as seen from a dark alley. This is my 3rd report :) In case you're wondering how come I have so much time, (a) God makes time for me, so surely we should reciprocate :) and (b) I used lunch hour OK?!?! Last week, we talked about fear. There are two main types of fear - the "good" type and the "bad" type. The "good" type refers to the fear of the Lord - giving reverence to the Creator and Judge of the earth in the way we think and act and live. What I propose to talk about today is the "bad" type of fear. Fear of the dark I think there can be two aspects to "bad" fear. The first aspect is is akin to the fear of the dark. Fear of the dark is when we can't see what is ahead and we worry that there are nasty surprises in store for us. Typically, this manifests itself in fear over our own futures, in terms of family, career, housing plans, investments etc. We don't know if our children wi

I am happy to report that our 2nd prayer meeting went on last Thursday :) A Christian is a child of God (How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1). What does this mean? We are adopted into His family. A child who is adopted into a family takes on his new father's name, lives in his new house and enjoys food, shelter and the love of his new family. But this is only one side of the equation. The adopted child RECEIVES all these new things. But in order for the child to really become part of a new family, he should also reciprocate. Only then can he really belong and really begin to enjoy his new family. Just like an adopted child, we should look beyond simply bearing God's name as a CHRISTian, living in His house and enjoying His blessings. We need to acknowledge Him as our Father, reciprocating in love and gratefulness. Only then can we really feel part of His family. As His Word