A new strategy is coming into view over the horizon. I believe it will be bigger and more significant in its ongoing impact into the next 10-20 years than even those of us who are presently aware of its emergence can imagine. It revolves around the whole issue of business creation and mission, especially church …
Category Archive: Mike Betts
Apr 27
How to grow in God
Over the years I have known many Christians and seen some grow in God and others seemingly get stuck at certain points in their growth in God. Sadly also I have seen some doing really well for many years and then seem to lose their way. I have been thinking over the last few days, …
Feb 10
Close encounters of the God kind!
D L Moody writes of an encounter he had with the Holy Spirit: ”I began to cry as never before …” ”The hunger for this increased. I felt that I did not want to live any longer if I did not have the power for service. I kept on crying all the time that God …
May 16
Transition by Mike Betts
Change is complex. At times it is energising as we view opportunities we have never had before, and at other times it can be unsettling as we mourn the loss of something that blessed us. One thing is sure, change is inevitable. Life circumstances change, our world is changing. I do not know how people …
May 03
Royal Wedding by Mike Betts
Cynicism is unbecoming in a Christian. So is naivety, but if I have to choose I go for naive every time. All sorts of things are said about the royal family and about the wedding witnessed by much of the world’s population over the last few days. I am not, as a man, particularly interested …
Apr 06
Intractable Problems by Mike Betts
‘Do not be afraid Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard.’ – Luke 1:13 None of us likes to have ongoing issues of pain, fear, sadness or complexity in our lives. We pray often in desperation. Many times tears accompany our petitions; secret tears often. We wonder if God has heard. Why does nothing change? …
Mar 30
Some exceptional books reviewed by Mike Betts
Every now and again I find I have waded through a whole pile of books. I am not a fast reader and tend to scribble and highlight things I find interesting or require extra thought, rather than plough through them relentlessly. Anyway a few I think have some merit to them for various reasons are …
Mar 01
Not good for man to be alone by Mike Betts
Human beings do not function best in isolation. God, when planning creation, said ‘let us make man in our image’. The plurality within the one true God wanted to create us as a reflection and portrayal of his nature and character. Part of this was making man and woman to rule and subdue creation together. …
Feb 01
Death and glory by Mike Betts
I found my late Father’s grave this week. Over the last couple of years I found an urge, not present before, to locate it and visit it. I was seven when he died and for probably well intentioned reasons was kept away from the funeral. Life has just gone on since then and although I …
Jan 17
Life begins at 49 by Mike Betts
Well here it is! I am 49 and a suitably mournful piece of classical music has just come on – great timing CD player! I think the thing that gets us all about growing old is we do not get another go. Even on a computer game you get at least three lives and if …