June 2010
5 posts
1 tag
Balancing the Books
We had some work done on our house and ‘borrowed’ £3000 from an account with various amounts in it for specific purposes. We hadn’t analysed the balances on this account for 3 years.
We spent time working out the various balances and after taking account of deposits and withdrawals and interest there was over £3000 more in the account than there ought to have been.
So we owe it…. nothing.
Must...
1 tag
International Rebates
A few weeks ago, someone testified about how he had received his income tax refund. When I heard that, I said to myself that this cannot apply to me as I have not been working in the UK and therefore not paid any such taxes. However, I determined that as I make the weekly confession in church ‘about taxes being refunded’ I would be adding my faith with that of the people in the congregation who...
Work Intervention
As someone who gets very easily stressed, which results in underlying health problems worsening, I was concerned about an upcoming event I was organising which was a huge deal in my career and the lives of the young people I work with. The closer I got to the event I was surprised on a daily basis how calm I felt.
Last Sunday Phil spoke about worship and encouraged us to step closer to God. It...
1 tag
Taekwonderful
The day before my baptism I went to the pub with a mate of mine from school and his brother. Me and his brother got to talking about my baptism the next day and what it involved etc. I basically ended up giving him my entire testimony for this year. As I was talking to him, I felt like God was telling me to pray for him and his Taekwondo school, but I bottled it. Well, when I got home I had a...
1 tag
Mega-Blessed
I commute to the centre of Manchester by bicycle for my job and last Tuesday I obtained a puncture on my way there, meaning I would have to get the bus home. The bus pulled in and I was sorting out the change in my right hand while holding 4 large cardboard boxes in my left. Then I heard a young man behind me ask “Are you paying in cash for the bus”? I answered “Yes”, his return, “only someone’s...
