Gary Grant

John 4:21-26 (NIV) [21] “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. [22] You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. [23] Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. [24 ] God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”[25 ] The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”[26] Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” Romans 12:1-21 (NIV) A Living Sacrifice [ ] 12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship . [2] Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transfo

I am in this conference, course, program this week, which is all about helping me to develop in myself, some key attiributes to assist me in my leadership. It is very challenging and demanding but also very affirming, and I found today, day 2, very helpful. Leadership is all about influence, and in Jesus eyes, its all about being a servant. I really am not sure how great a leader I am these days. I am usually fairly confident in my own ability and capcity, but it is all being challenged and tweaked and  huge lessons are being learnt by me. There are some things which I hold as fundamental and foundational about myself. ( you could probably scroll down through some previous posts to see my own personal axioms, if you were curious) But I do believe that things are not going to change any time soon, if someone, somewhere, doesnt stand up and be counted in some place. I desire to not waste my life, I want to make a difference to those around me, and even though at times I am m

I have been thinking about the this for sometime now. We as TSA have come along way, but yet...there is a long way yet to go, and everything we have done up until now, has given us the results we now have. It's insanity to think, that if we keep doing the things we have already done, that we will get a different result. All that we have done so far, in previous weeks, months and years and even decades have given us the results we are seeing right now. If we think for one moment that things are going to change, by doing the things the same way as we have already done them, then there may be a need for seeing a therapist. do things the same way, get the same result. change the way you do things, get a different result. the problem with this, is ..... that many think everything is honky dory....all "A OK".... and that's where the real bottle neck actually is. Because the truth is, (and many don't want to acknowledge the truth), that we are not winnin

Friends.... I am very open, you can see who is writing what. I am pretty honest in what I say, and the reasons why I say it. If you wish to make a comment on my blog, you are welcome to, however, I won't publish anonymous comments and probably wont respond to them either. Just recently a few have been so doing...and having a real personal crack at the same time. Please don't waste your time. Everyone is entitled their opinion, and I welcome them...but if I don't know who I am responding too,its hardly fair. My policy is...for my blog... No name...no publishing. Posted with Blogsy

My last blog has created a fair bit of interest. in fact in the first 24 hours over 300 hits. why so much fuss ? I am not a radical, I am not a stirrer, I am not an antagonist. I am just a passionate Salvo Officer who wants to change my world. One of the things that really bugs me though, is the fact that it doesnt seem as though many Christ followers these days want to change anything.  Happy to sit in the status quo, leave things alone. I dont think that you need to fix things that are not broken, but when you discover a weakness or a failure or that something is in fact broken, then I think...its  completely irresponsible to not fix it, or repair it. So... we are losing our youth, and that puts us in a situation that is vulnerable for our future. It must be corrected. and that is why we have decided to host the Young adults Summit, to try and work through some strategies to correct that which is incorrect.  It really bothers me, actually, that anyone might find thi