I carried you 8th of January 2017 Not a theological faculty but a fellowship of people with hope Not a platform of debate, but a pulpit of God’s Grace Not a place to outwit one another but where all of us feel safe. A shelter against the storm. “Make the Word of God speak to you”

Let the Word of God speak to you again! 2 Corinthians 2:11 11 in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes. CS Lewis: The Screwtape letters. Screwtape proposes a toast. (1959) Let the Word of God speak to you again!

Deuteronomy 1:31 31 … and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.” My left foot: The story of Christy Brown (1981) “this is Christy Brown, my son, genius” “…God made him different.”

Isaiah 63:9 9 In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. The Samaritan traveler near Jericho…

Footprints in the sand

One night I dreamed a dream One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,… …When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

Exodus 19:4 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

Deuteronomy 4 7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me Philippians 3:10 -12