Comments on: The Strength of the Strand https://theorphancarpenter.com/the-strength-of-the-strand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-strength-of-the-strand Kenneth Ian McQuarrie, Author Sat, 18 Feb 2023 02:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: The Orphan Carpenter https://theorphancarpenter.com/the-strength-of-the-strand/#comment-337 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 02:52:09 +0000 https://theorphancarpenter.com/?p=274#comment-337 In reply to Mylene Selby.

Hey Mylene,

Glad you were able to connect. Praying the Lord continues to encourage you as I know he will. He’s working in our lives in more ways than we can imagine.

Ken

]]> By: Mylene Selby https://theorphancarpenter.com/the-strength-of-the-strand/#comment-336 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:16:40 +0000 https://theorphancarpenter.com/?p=274#comment-336 In reply to Marta Heyde.

Your wife just asked me to be her friend on Facebook. We went to school together as kids in the Philippines. I told her how I remember her being popular and her faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ. I just shared some personal information with her. I told her that God is so amazing and continues to provide for my needs (specially my spiritual needs). Little did I know, that you will be an encouragement to me. I plan to order your book. Keep it up, my faithful brother in Christ. God bless you!

]]> By: David Brodie https://theorphancarpenter.com/the-strength-of-the-strand/#comment-10 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:29:36 +0000 https://theorphancarpenter.com/?p=274#comment-10 Good points. We are made to be interpersonal. Churches need to work on this as it is entirely possible to walk in, sing, piu money in the okate and and leave with no real interaction. Small groups and ministries within any church help with this.

]]> By: Marta Heyde https://theorphancarpenter.com/the-strength-of-the-strand/#comment-5 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:59:16 +0000 https://theorphancarpenter.com/?p=274#comment-5 What a great truth! (And very well exposed in your devotional). Thank you for the reminder. We usually want to do things ourselves, probably out of ego or because we don’t trust others except ourselves. I will start putting this in practice again, to be part of a stronger rope, not just being a single rope/cable/strand myself.

]]> By: Jos https://theorphancarpenter.com/the-strength-of-the-strand/#comment-3 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:53:28 +0000 https://theorphancarpenter.com/?p=274#comment-3 Awesome devotional. Truly, The Orphan Carpenter is spot on. It reminds of the story about the five brothers who always break into a fight. One day the father calls them and gives each one a stick. He tells them to break it. The stick easily snaps. Now he gathers five sticks again and bundles them together. He tells his sons to break them. No one succeeds. He explains to his children that if they stick together and not fight, no one can break their family apart. Lessons learned. There is strength in numbers. Find some like-minded people of faith who will pray with you and strengthen you in your daily life because “the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

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