Camis G Ware

Fear of God

Exodus 20:20 “so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” Unlike the Israelites when they were at the foot of Mt Sinai, not many of us experience the presence of God in a way that causes us to tremble in fear. We prefer to dwell on God’s loveContinue reading “Fear of God”

Good for who?

Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good…. Joseph reflects on the hardship of his life and recognises it wasn’t about him, after all. I wonder how many of us would view our circumstances differently if we saw the greater good being accomplished – in us, through us and despiteContinue reading “Good for who?”

I can’t

Genesis 41:16 “I cannot do it…but God will…” I go into this a bit more in my book Dreams Go Dry but I highlighted this in my Bible in 2006, well before I even considered starting a teaching series on Joseph. It is so easy to take our gifts, talents, personality, experience, culture, nationality andContinue reading “I can’t”

Out of our comfort zone

Genesis 11:4 ‘and not be scattered over the face of the earth.’ Building a tower wasn’t the issue, it was that everyone wanted to be together instead of going out and doing what God wanted them to do. Interestingly, the early church were the same, they gravitated towards staying together in the comfort of JerusalemContinue reading “Out of our comfort zone”

“Food” for thought

Genesis 9:3 “Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything” After the flood God gave humankind permission to eat anything that moves – anything!?. Later on He restricts that diet for the people of Israel. I find it interesting toContinue reading ““Food” for thought”

Out of the Wild

Genesis 9:2 ‘The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air’ Whether it is taming a tiger or breaking in a horse. Whether it is trying to get a bird to sit on a shoulder or a cat to do what itContinue reading “Out of the Wild”

Follow your heart?

Genesis 8:21c “every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.” My granddaughter is only 15 months old and it hasn’t taken long for her to learn the word ‘no’ or to throw a tantrum when she can’t get what she wants. When she is about to do something she has been told not toContinue reading “Follow your heart?”

Seasons

Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease” I picked most of our delicious and sweet donut peaches a couple of days ago. Sometimes they are ready in late December, sometimes in January but always in Summer. The tree mightContinue reading “Seasons”

The other crouching tiger, hidden dragon

Genesis 4:7b …sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it. Sounding like a classic kung fu challenge or a line from Star Wars, God warns Cain to be on the alert for sin and to learn to control it, rather than be controlled by it. Reading further,Continue reading “The other crouching tiger, hidden dragon”

Just thinking

Philippians 4:8 I wonder how much thought we put into what we think about. If we reflect on how we think and what we dwell on many of us would probably hope that no one found out. It seems natural and even attractive to think negative, discouraging, demeaning and impure thoughts about ourselves and others.Continue reading “Just thinking”