Stuart Glassborow is a pastor in Wembley, London, UK and has kindly written the first in our ‘big topic’ series. This is a must-read article! – Dave.
When we go to Kenya to rescue, teach and love street kids and orphans, we often take cartoon-type books with us. A year ago we took a book about Vinnie, the branch who tried to make fruit. It is a story based on John 15, and has some great pictures that made everyone laugh, but all learnt lots! What was funnier was the kenyan “dad” translating the words we used and the actions too. You see, Vinnie was embarrassed by his lack of fruit, and was straining terribly to produce some fruit. I’m not fluent in Swahili, but the manager’s actions were spot on, and he produced no fruit. The story went on to say that fruit is something that comes from “connection”, or as Jesus says, “abiding in Him”, and not from self effort. So our manager just relaxed, stopped sweating, and allowed the fruit to form.
When we read scripture at any time, we should always do two things; One is to not even start without asking the Holy Spirit to be our guide, Read More
