Entries by Dennis Pethers

Thought for the Week 12th March 2017

1.      Joining Jesus in His Mission  – we need Him!  “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened”.  (Matt 7:7,8) Jesus invites everyone […]

Thought for the Week 5th March 2017

1.      How do I share the gospel? This is a key question! How do I reach a place in a conversation where I can tell people what the gospel is?  This is critical and much missed part of conversations that we have. Lets look again at Jesus conversation with the woman at the well to […]

Thought for the Week 26th February 2017

How do I bring Jesus into a conversation?   As I mentioned previously, conversations with people can begin so easily and if we show genuine interest and concern for the person we are in conversation with then the talk can continue for a long time.   In many cases this can lead to ongoing conversations at […]

Thought for the Week 19th February 2017

How do I continue a conversation?   Jesus met the woman at the well and began a conversation by asking her a simple question.  Ok, it’s one thing to start a conversation but how do you continue one?   I find that the best answer to this it to listen to the person’s response and then […]

Thought for the Week 12th February 2017

1.      How do I start a conversation? As we seek to Join Jesus in His mission one thing that is essential is that we talk to people as well as live lives that help people to see Jesus.  Many of us are far happier ‘living a Jesus life and hoping that people will just see […]

Thought for the Week – 5th February 2017

Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 Over the past few weeks I have shared some stories of deep things that Christians saw as […]

Thought for the Week 29th January 2017

29th January Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 I have mentioned, over the past couple of weeks, some of the experiences of God […]

Thought for the Week 22nd January 2017

22nd January Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 What do you see the Father doing as you go through your daily life?  This […]