Family Fireplace [UM]

summary of part 1

http://simoncooper.um-uk.org/2012/03/08/3-steps-to-strengthen-your-big-priorities/

Here is the work sheet from part 1 of our time management series. It’s an aid to improve your personal sense of time and to be more in control of where your time is spent:http://www.slideshare.net/familyfireplace/gain-a-personal-sense-of-time

Thank you

Ephesians 5:15-17
Be very careful, then, how you live— not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil (short).
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

over the next 4 weeks while we will be having a 4 part message series on time management, there will be regular posts in this group from me, and feel free everyone to make a contribution. These can be from websites, business gurus, scripture, True Parents, your own thoughts and experiences. The hope and intention is to share together in becoming…[Read more]

I don’t know how other countries and other areas in Japan are doing but recently I feel we need how to obtain the view based on the principle when we see the events, economic situation, political situation of our own country/world, or various situation or events facing to our selves, to come up with the solution especially for the bros and…[Read more]

The word of God has been very widely available to many cultures for many centuries, so clearly most of us don’t really ‘get it’. As Unificationists, we know that TP’s call to action has fallen on mostly deaf ears, not because of a lack of will or desire, but because of a lack of competence. I suggest that ‘competence’ comes by God’s grace…[Read more]

…and so you can’t really get to know the word of God, unless you apply it to your life. so as James says: ”do what it says”. (James 1:22)

How often do we take our hoon dok hae (the time we make for studying our scripture) and write down an application for the day ahead or the week ahead that we have drawn from what we read?

next Sunday we are looking at ‘how to study God’s word so that it translates into an application’.
God wants to change our life through His word so we should have the tools that allow us to study with practical steps that take us from reading to reflecting, meditating, and then applying.
My feeling is in our movement we skip some of these steps…[Read more]

#twitter Hi everyone, want to thank those of you who have been joining in this conversation. I had some v helpful talks with some of you recently and some members of my congregation, about this topic. Here is where I am at in my preparation for part 2 of this

series:http://simoncooper.um-uk.org/2011/11/12/study-gods-word-if-you-want-to-go-further/

here is the first part of our series from 43LG, on this topic of God’s word http://simoncooper.um-uk.org/2011/11/07/gods-word-what-why-how/

today (Nov 6th) after Sunday Service we had a small group 45 minute study of the ‘word’, specifically taken from TF’s Autobiography. General comments were how much more refreshing it was to ‘share’ the word, testimonies about how it impacted us and the sense of engagement with the ‘word’ on a different level or dimension, it was like being…[Read more]

even before I first met the word, i was sort of primed because of my frustration with myself & the world i observed, so in some sense I already had commitment. When I met the word, it resonated with me i could taste it. Normally a shy & retiring sort of person, i now had the courage to make decisions & do things I would never have done. This is…[Read more]