(By Bob G) Some people perceive the kingdom as a hive of bees, where a select few bees diligently gather vast amounts of honey, while the rest buzz around the hive, celebrating these few workers. Some tasks seem to hold greater importance than others, and there exists a hierarchy. It could not be further from the truth.
In a recent interview, the CEO of Blue Origin Space Flight, Jeff Bezos (Amazon), stated that the key to achieving great things is to be stubborn on the vision but flexible on the details. Blue Origin Space Flight has successfully allowed ordinary people to rocket 350,000 feet (100 km), past the Karman Line, into space using a reusable autonomous rocket. The "passenger capsule" detaches and goes beyond Earth's atmosphere until gravity pulls them back to Earth.
Pumpkins are a wholesome staple food in many parts of the world. They are so versatile as they can be used in everything from scones to stir fries or even dips but that is not what makes a pumpkin a hero of this story.Did you know that the Kingdom of Heaven can be like a pumpkin?
For more than 10 years, I have been trying to renovate my house, but cracks in the walls keep appearing, and no matter how many times I fix the doors, they will not shut! The problem was that ¾ of the house had a sand foundation and ¼ was on clay. The pylons were only put in the ground about 6 inches, and there is a spring besides the house! For 10 years, I have tried to fix it from the top down. I failed, and it has cost me tens of thousands of dollars. I realised that there was no way around it; I had to dig out the foundations and do it from the ground up.
Long ago, three men were cutting stone in a French quarry. One day, a traveller was walking by and admired their hard labour. He asked the first man, "What are you doing?"
Without looking up, he said, "Cutting stone."
The inquiring visitor asked the second man, "What are you doing?"
He replied, "I'm making 30 francs per day."
Finally, the traveller asked the third man, "What are you doing?" Long ago, three men were cutting stone in a French quarry. One day, a traveller was walking by and admired their hard labour. He asked the first man, "What are you doing?"
In Luke 16:19–31, we read of the story of a rich man and a beggar. The beggar sat at the rich man’s gate, but that man of wealth was unwilling to reach out to help him. Eventually they both died, and the rich man ended up in agony, desperately wanting just a drop of water to cool his tongue. While this is a terrible end for the rich man, the real tragedy is that he wanted someone to go witness to his brothers so they wouldn't come to that awful place. Abraham made it clear that no one could go back to tell his brothers.
We love to read about the amazing transformation that happened in Acts, Chapter 2. The Holy Spirit came and filled the 120 people gathered in the Upper Room, and the results were nothing short of amazing. Hearing the gospel proclaimed led to the conversion of three thousand people, including many from other nations who heard it in their own language. These new believers gathered into what most people would call the first church, and everything seemed perfect: their worship, their devotion to God, the way they gave to one another sacrificially, and the way they grew.
