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1.  COLOSSIANS 1:24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. (NIV) 

No matter what version you read it in it is not encouraging!!!!!Or is it? 

 ^{2.COLOSSIANS 1: 24} Who  now  rejoice  in  my  sufferings  for  you , and  fill up  that which is behind  of the afflictions  of Christ in  my  flesh  for  his  body’s  sake , which is  the church ^(KJV) 

²⁴ I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am completing what remains of Christ’s sufferings for his body, the church.(NLT) 

Its talking about Paul getting a hard time and to quote a very wise man – Maxwell Smart – and loving it. Well I don’t know if he was loving it but he had a really interesting perspective on suffering.   (more…)

Over a long period of time I have been reflecting on the passage in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 where it tells us to “pray continually;” or as I learnt it as a kid from the King James ^“Pray without ceasing.”  

It has perplexed me over many years on how to achieve this end and over the years have attempted to develop systems of prayer, attempted to develop formats to maintain prayer as a real focus in my everyday life and find avenues to set times aside for consistent and deliberate prayer. It never seemed to work.   (more…)