Author Archives: Tree of Life Church

A lot of people do not realize the importance of order in a workplace. You need things in the right order. You need to have things in the right order and do things in the right order. You were designed for order – chaos is not fruitful or productive. We all know it is farContinue reading “Be Better At Work 03 Organize Things Better”

The easiest way to get somewhere is have a guide who has been there. The easiest way to be a success at anything is to have a mentor, a guide, a coach. Whatever you call them, you need one. A mentor is a person who will unlock the glory that is hidden in your heart,Continue reading “Be Better At Work 02 Follow Someone Who Knows the Way”

Every Christmas we hear messages on Christ, the incarnation of God, and so we should, He is the centre of the story! We hear about how we should be more like Mary and how humble she was and how blessed she was, we hear about the wise men and how we need to be wiseContinue reading “The Unsung Hero of Christmas”

One of the things I get asked a lot is how can I be a better employee, how can I get a pay rise, how can I get a promotion, how can I live for Jesus in my office or school. So I am going to do a series of blog posts on living forContinue reading “Be Better at Work 01: Put the Word in Your Heart”

The picture above is of Walter Mitty. His movie is called the Secret Life of Walter Mitty – and I am writing this blog to encourage you as a Christian to not have a secret life. The reason people live a secret life is that they want to please other people, not God, and weContinue reading “Don’t Fall off the Bridge 14: Don’t Be Awesome and Unawesome!”

When a pastor appoints deacons, they must according to Scripture not appoint someone who is “double-tongued” (1 Tim. 3.8). This is because every single church has people in it who have not one but two tongues. One speaks nice things, the other speaks nasty things. Charles Wesley wrote a song about wanting a thousand tonguesContinue reading “Don’t Fall off the Bridge 13 Don’t Be Loyal and Disloyal”

Every pastor knows what I mean when I say a childish adult. It’s someone who tries very hard to act grown up, it’s someone who should be grown up, but they still act in very childish ways. The Bible says the purpose of the fivefold ministry is that we “be no more children” (Ephesians 4.14)Continue reading “Don’t Fall of the Bridge 12: Don’t Be A Childish Adult”

Did you know that the Bible says that the carnal mind is an enemy of God (Romans 8.7)? Last week, we looked at Samson, and we found out he lived a double-life. He was carnal but gave off the impression of being spiritual. There were times the Spirit of the Lord moved on Samson andContinue reading “Don’t Fall Off the Bridge 11: Don’t Be Carnal”

One of the things that Paul told the Corinthians was that you need to come out from among the people and be separate (2 Cor. 6.17-18). Samson did not do this, he liked living with worldly people, and his life story is a great lesson for every one of us. Samson had a really religiousContinue reading “Don’t Fall off the Bridge 10: Don’t Live a Double Life”

Jesus had a problem with the Pharisees because they were different on the inside to what they were on the outside! He actually called them – you can look it up in Matthew 23.27 – a bunch of white painted coffins. On the outside looking very beautiful and on the inside dead, unclean bones. SometimesContinue reading “Don’t Fall off the Bridge 09: Don’t Be A Hypocrite!”