Adversity
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Amidst All Our Troubles
So, if today you were to write down all the things in your life that ...
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The Big Picture
We fight so many battles in life. And when you’re in the midst of ...
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The Blessing of Peace
Today is Armistice Day, when we turn our hearts and minds toward the ...
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Open to Learn
So you’re cooking this great meal, but then you discover that ...
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A Time of Temptation
Whenever things press in on us – be they physical, emotional or ...
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When Problems Become Miracles
Life is mostly just about doing the same things day after day. As a ...
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The Recipe for Peace (4)
Okay, so how do you actually experience the stillness, the calmness, ...
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In the Eye of the Storm
The stuff that life throws at us sometimes can be downright ...
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Unrealistic Expectations
So, what are you hoping for in your immediate future? Doubtless some ...
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When Brokenness becomes Blessing
Do you mind if I ask you today, have you ever felt broken? Have you ...
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God Will Keep You Strong
Perseverance is a word that we don’t much like, you and I, because ...
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An Extraordinary Destiny
Have you ever considered the possibility that through all your ...
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Travelling Into Fear
So, when fear strikes, how do you respond? On the one hand, the ...
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Keep Going
When we’re fed up, we want to give up. Our strength fails, our eyes ...
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Press Into God
Okay, so you’re out there slogging away, working your little heart ...
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Do What You Can Do
When things aren’t going quite the way you’d planned, when ...
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Courage Brings Peace
Do you know what I love about Jesus? Despite being the Son of God – ...
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How Important is Faith?
The real-life battles that we face in life require real-life faith. ...
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Your World Conquering Faith
Let me throw something at you to see what you think: Any Christian ...
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Where are Your Strongholds?
When you face obstacles on your road through life, what’s your ...
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Overcoming Obstacles
I’m pretty sure that we’re all across the theory that, handled ...
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Conquering Faith
Why does God allow us to go through pain and suffering? Why are you ...
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Saving Faith
Faith is an awesome thing to have, especially when our faith is in ...
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Controlling Thoughts
Fear isn’t an emotion that we enjoy. Not at all! In fact, if it ...
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When It’s Time to Act
When the going gets tough, emotions like fear and dismay have a nasty ...
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How to Overcome Dismay
When circumstances conspire against us to produce one of those ...
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More Than You Can Imagine
With all that’s going on in your heart and mind, with all that’s ...
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Steady as She Goes
Every now and then things happen – both good things and bad, things ...
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Something to Remember
It’s almost a given that when we’re facing adversity, fighting ...
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Often Overlooked
The more I see of people’s lives the more I’m impacted by the ...
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Sorrow That Leads to Change
Sorrow isn’t something that we’d ever wish upon ourselves. Why ...
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God Encourages Those Who are Troubled
The word ‘affliction’ isn’t a particularly nice one. It’s ...
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When Friends Flee
There’s nothing more unsettling, unnerving, disappointing, ...
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Devilish Pride
Have you ever had the devil dangle a temptation under your nose that ...
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When You’re In Trouble
There are times in our lives when the ability to stand confidently on ...
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Remember the Promise
Back in the days of old, the only sort of boats that existed were ...
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Your Pain Will Turn to Joy
God has this knack of taking our greatest disasters and turning them ...
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Don’t Worry
At this very moment, all that’s happened up to this point in your ...
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Be Patient In Adversity
What adversity are you facing right in this moment? What is it ...
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The Challenge of Control
The best way to ensure that things turn out the way you want them to, ...
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The Lord Gives You Strength
When things turn against us, when strife, confusion and pain come at ...
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Where to Find Rest
When I mention the word “rest”, what image springs to mind? ...
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Will You Decide to Rest?
It’s a real paradox, a conundrum, that even if you’re managing to ...
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Be Washed in the Spirit
It’s strange that whilst we wash our clothes as they become ...
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Be Confident in Uncertain Times
Whatever situation you and I find ourselves in at the moment, ...
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You Can Climb that Big Mountain
When was the last time that you were confronted by a mountain so big ...
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A Bountiful Eye
Sometimes when I’m being spiritually rather thick, I’ll have to ...
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The Intentional Disciple
The word “equality” is highly misunderstood these days. Many are ...
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Easily Deceived
Let me throw something at you and see what you think: Any Christian ...
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Revenge or Restoration?
So when was the last time that you felt insulted, miffed, hard done ...
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Tackling Criticism
Resilience is something that we need to instil in our children as ...
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Things That Break Your Heart
Suffering is one of those conundrums in life that can easily destroy ...
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Take the Pressure Down
Have you ever wondered why there’s so much trouble in this world? ...
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Lifting the Load
We all carry burdens around in our lives. For some they’re heavy ...
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Rescued from the Hand of the Wicked
Don’t you hate it when evil people get the better of you? It rocks ...
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Brighter Days
Well, here we are … it’s Sunday, when we can hopefully set aside ...
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It’s Not an Easy Road
So, can I ask you … how’s your family doing? How deep, how strong ...
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Disappointment & Discouragement
I don’t know about you, but I get up out of bed each day hoping and ...
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Completely Unshakeable
The brutal onslaught of this world against the faith of Christians ...
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A Cry for Help
One of the jobs of any parent is to protect their children. And as a ...
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Joy Amidst Trouble
Can I ask you, what is it that brings you joy in your life? At the ...
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Making Mistakes
It’s one of life’s great annoyances that when you set out to do ...
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Walk a Mile
Doubtless, you’ve heard that saying that to understand someone, you ...
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Seeing Things Differently
It amazes me how two people can look at the same issue, the same ...
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At War Inside
Fights and arguments – who needs them? Who wants them? Conflict is ...
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Daring to be Different
Jesus promised His disciples many things. One of those promises that ...
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Run Hard
Anyone who’s ever decided to follow Jesus will know that some days ...
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Over and Over Again
There have been times in my life (and no doubt, in yours too) where ...
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Nothing is Too Hard for Him
You and I need reminding on a regular basis of just how big and ...
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How to Be a Bad Example
The thing that I’d most hate to be seen as is a hypocrite – not ...
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What’ll Upset Your Apple Cart?
There is – both out there in the world, and even amongst God’s ...
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Satan’s Greatest Success
Might I ask you … this Christmas, are you going to tell anyone ...
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Seeing the Whole Picture
So, perhaps God’s called you to step out into some good on His ...
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Bridging the Gap
One day … yep, one day God is going to do a powerful work through ...
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Have a Plan
Trust in God. We all know that we should. If you’ve ever opened a ...
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Blessed to Suffer
When we go through times of suffering (as we all do), the last thing ...
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When It’s Difficult to Love
From time to time, we all come across people who rub us the wrong way ...
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Don’t Be So Shy
By and large, pride is far from a good thing. When we’re full of ...
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Keep Going
Sin is a fact of life. I know that’s not such a popular concept in ...
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Your Protector
Personal safety is one of our highest order needs. It follows on ...
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The Big Squeeze
Just at the moment, many of those who believe in Jesus are feeling ...
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Peace and Destruction
One of the great arguments against the existence of an all-powerful, ...
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I’m Entitled #Not
It’s easy these days with the “I’m entitled” mentality that ...
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Why You Can’t Change the Other Guy
One of the most frustrating things in relationships is that other ...
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The Big Mistake
One of the biggest mistakes that we can make in believing in Jesus, ...
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Verify the Facts Before Throwing Stones
There’s a world of difference between fact and opinion. We know ...
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Don’t Plan for Evil
Living in a country, as I do, where pretty much every native animal ...
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Bad Thoughts Ruin Lives
There are times in our lives when dark thoughts invade our ...
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Why Christ Offends
One of the key strategies of those who oppose Christianity is to ...
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The Price of Peace
Most of us consider wealth to be a good thing. Who doesn’t want to ...
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Speaking Without Accusing
Sometimes you’ll be having a conversation with someone, and what ...
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Shaken But Not Stirred
“The fear of God” is perhaps the strangest notion you’ll ever ...
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Blind Fool That I Am
None of us wants to admit to ourselves (let alone to the rest of the ...
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Sidestepping Your Mistakes
Accepting correction and instruction is something that, by and large, ...
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Overcoming the Wicked
There’s no shortage of wicked people in this world – none ...
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An Offensive Saviour
None of us likes being offended. Sometimes we take offense, because ...
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The Not So Popular Jesus
These days, people who have a positive impact on this world tend to ...
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The Negative Jesus
One of the biggest criticisms of Christians today is that they’re ...
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Hatred is Verboten
When I was growing up, I wasn’t allowed to use the word “hate”. ...
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Putting Sorrow in Perspective
None of us want bad things to happen to us, and yet they do. None of ...