Cross thoughts in Sudanese every day life

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Praise God in the face of danger

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. I was repainting an old garden ornament in my garage when God used a...

Father God cares

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Every parent wants the best for their child Good food to prevent disease...

The river Nile

Cross thought: Christian ideas seen in every day Sudanese life. The River Nile flows relentlessly through Khartoum. Its water level rises...

Coffee time

Cross thought: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Coffee is sometimes called “Black gold” by the people who grow it in...

Building bricks

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in every day Sudanese life. There is so much building development going on in Khartoum it is...

Colourful Bougainvilleas

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Bougainvilleas are a shrubby flower often seen from the streets of...

Donkey carts

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. How many of these donkey carts do you see on the streets in Sudan? They...

Don't forget the tree!

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Trees, like this silhouette on Crocodile island in the Blue Nile, are a...

A trustworthy sacrificial Lamb

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. I write this just as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan has finished...

Drink only clean water!

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. It is easy to be thirsty in Sudan! The sun’s heat and the dusty...

The Shepherd knows best

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Nobody knows for certain what will happen in the next twelve months....

Water gives life

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Which of these two pictures (above) is more like your Christian life...

Only way there?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. This ferry from Omdurman to Tuti Island has operated for many years....

Get rid of life's dirt

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Shoes get dirty as we walk around every day. The dust and the sticky...

Human government God's idea?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. What does God mean when He tells us to “submit to the governing...

Back to the future

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. These two men were taking a small group of us to watch birds on...

Responsible for children

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. I have been blessed by God with two grown up children. So far one has ...

Hungry for what?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. When the devil wanted to make our Lord Jesus sin, he used the simplest...

God's peace for everyone

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. God loves people! It is why He made so many of us. The variety of human...

Fishing to see Jesus!

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Early on winter mornings I used to walk across the Nile bridge between...

Thank God for all His gifts

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese everyday life. God promises to supply our daily needs for food and water. God promised...

Home for Christmas?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese everyday life. Several people have asked me this question recently. I knew what they...

New beginnings

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese life everyday. A new calendar year begins. What does the future hold in store for us?...

Drought in daily life?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese life everyday. Drought sometimes comes into the heart and soul of a person, as well as...

Daily cleansing

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me and I will be...

People of the cross

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. The cross has been the symbol of Christianity for hundreds of years....

What's in the future?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. These children at Suk Mahale may look concerned as they think about...

God our defender

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Our Best defence is God Himself! Always. From a restaurant by the Nile I...

How to be made like Jesus

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “We, who with unveiled faces, all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being...

Walk in the shade

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. I learned a lesson last month simply by changing my route and by walking...

Food for thought!

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal...

Our pristine God

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. OLDER THAN FOREVER, STILL RELIABLY THE SAME – OUR PRISTINE GOD. There...

Bible is not just for reading

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. I have four ideas to share with you about your reading of the Bible. You...

Bible shepherds

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Shepherds! I used to see them very early in the morning coming in from...

Bags and burdens!

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. If you look at almost any group of people you will see that some of them...

Life on solid rock

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Ten years ago these youngsters from my church were building sandcastles...

A new door?

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. A new door – to where? Doorways always lead to somewhere. It is best to...

Two puzzles

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Do you recognise this flower or the pods? They form the basis of some...

Building church

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “And in Jesus Christ you are being built together to become a dwelling...

Christian workman or woman

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who...

Warning drums

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Drums are used in many different ways. This drum was played for dancing...

Raw materials and tests of faith

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. If you visit a manufacturing factory you will see how various raw...

Living to catch fish

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “Come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”, Matthew 4:19....

Changing direction

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Sometimes it can be tricky to change direction – especially when you are...

Love neighbour like self

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Why do we always find it so hard to get along well with our neighbours...

Shepherds learn and listen

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. God made sure that shepherds were among the first to hear the Good News...

Hope for all Sudanese

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell (1) in Christ, and...

Fruitful followers of Jesus

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of...

Referendum

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Sudan’s Referendum has brought an enormous challenge to every one of the...

In (God's) mighty power

Cross thoughts: Christian ideas seen in Sudanese every day life. Perhaps it was because Paul spent many weeks in Roman prisons, and many...