At the weekend I took part in a short mat indoor bowls tournament. We have this once a year to raise money for charity. The charity we chose this year provides motorcycle riders who transport blood and other medical things, such as body parts for transplants. They are on call and able to respond rapidly to whatever is needed. They usually have about sixteen call-outs a day. This is a very worthwhile thing to be doing both for the riders and for us raising the money. I would encourage anyone to get involved in something worthwhile like this. However none of this gets us any kudos or merit with God. Never imagine that you can get into God's good books by doing stuff. There is only one thing that pleases God and fits us for heaven and that is to put our trust entirely in Jesus. He is the only one who lived the perfect life and the only one who can put us right with God.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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